Steve Berkowitz
Posted on December 23, 2016 by
Steve Berkowitz
I have always loved traveling around this country. As a child, I enjoyed going on trips with my family and checking off the states we visited, making it a point to buy post cards from every state. One of my biggest thrills as a young adult was going to Four Corners and doing a dance… Continue Reading >>
Steve Berkowitz
Posted on August 3, 2015 by
Steve Berkowitz
Could Telemedicine keep patients healthier? Four ways visiting a physician could be inadvertently dangerous to a patient’s health As I review the inevitable progress of telemedicine, and how it will ultimately effect whether the patient will actually see the physician face to face, it occurs to me that maybe there could be some intrinsic advantages… Continue Reading >>
Steve Berkowitz
Posted on July 22, 2015 by
Steve Berkowitz
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 insurance does not seem to be a politically correct position for… Continue Reading >>
Steve Berkowitz
Posted on June 29, 2015 by
Steve Berkowitz
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 have been in hundreds of hospitals and medical… Continue Reading >>
Steve Berkowitz
Posted on May 11, 2015 by
Steve Berkowitz
Physician Splitting between Hospitals…. Hedge or good business? I was visiting with a hospital CEO in Alabama last week and we were talking about the apparent large volume of independent physicians that admit to both his hospital and to the competing facility. The term used by hospital administrators for those physicians is “splitters”. We were… Continue Reading >>
Steve Berkowitz
Posted on February 27, 2015 by
Steve Berkowitz
Getting Back to the Basics- Balancing Quality and Cost in a Community Hospital I am sick and tired of hearing that community hospitals can no longer compete in the new health care world. Some say that community hospitals have become dinosaurs….. although I remind those critics that dinosaurs lived for over 400 million years!! But… Continue Reading >>
Steve Berkowitz
Posted on January 14, 2015 by
Steve Berkowitz
Opting Out of Obamacare Treating the Symptoms, NOT the Disease Starting this year many Americans will feel the pain of tax consequences if they did not purchase health insurance under the ACA mandate in 2014. This year the penalty is $95 per adult and $47.50 per child under 18 or 1% of their yearly income… Continue Reading >>
Steve Berkowitz
Posted on December 15, 2014 by
Steve Berkowitz
In order for health care insurance to be successful, all have to participate. It is a simple rule in insurance– the unaffected ultimately pay for the effected, whether it is health insurance, home insurance or life insurance. Economically, the program can only work if all participate, or the total risk pool is large and diverse… Continue Reading >>
Steve Berkowitz
Posted on September 10, 2014 by
Steve Berkowitz
Important message from Ebola and Enterovirus– The “Bugs” are Still Winning ! But this won’t be the “Big One” The Ebola virus has dominated the news these past few months, especially with several patients now being treated in US hospitals. There is a valid concern that this virus could spread out of control and become… Continue Reading >>
