by Steve Berkowitz | Jul 22, 2015 | Current Events, Health care reform, Uncategorized
Health insurance will only work if everyone plays. I have written about this several times in the past couple years. We are in the midst of multiple challenges and controversies over insurance and health care access on both a local and national level. Mandating...
by Steve Berkowitz | Jul 10, 2015 | General, Physician Leadership, The Future of Administration
I will never forget a comment made to my medical school class on the first day of medical school. That day was unforgettable. We all met for the first time in this big auditorium, looked around at each other, proud to have made it into medical school, and proud to...
by Steve Berkowitz | Jun 29, 2015 | Current Events, General, Health care reform, The Future of Administration
One of the true blessings of a consulting life is the ability to personally visit and experience many different medical hospitals and physician groups. Since leaving my CMO job about four years ago, I have had the opportunity to visit all 50 states at least twice. I...
by Steve Berkowitz | Jun 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
My role model was Marcus Welby. I remember as a young child watching the Marcus Welby show judiciously every week. What a role model. What a tremendous doc. And medicine was his calling. He was completely devoted to his patients. Day or night he would always make sure...
by Steve Berkowitz | Jun 15, 2015 | General, Quality
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” I remember hearing that many times as a child. I also remember the old oil filter commercials “pay me now or pay me later”. Prevention by definition seems to be a good thing to do. CMS and the...
