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Peter Ubel

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Name: Peter Ubel

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

The price transparency argument

Price transparency is a touchy subject in healthcare. Its one of the last market strongholds desperately clutching to its principles of price secrecy, and it wont go down without a fight.A provider generally functions as a profit-driven business, and ... [Published Healthcare Finance News - May 23 2013]

Entities: Health Care, Patient, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Peter Ubel

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 2 reports

Duke University

New data help explain hospital pricing, but experts caution that Medicare and insurers get much lower rates

Although the government releases a list of what hospitals across the country charge for common procedures in an effort to make health costs more transparent, few patients or their insurers pay that.The Wall Street Journal: Data Shine Light On Hospital ... [Published News-Medical.Net - May 10 2013]

Entities: Medicare, Health Care, Duke University

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Why the free market isn’t a cure-all for healthcare

It’s comforting to think that most healthcare problems in the U.S. could be solved by letting the power of an unregulated free market do its work.It’s also wishful thinking and overly simplistic, according to Peter Ubel, MD, a general internist, behavioral ... [Published Medical Economics - May 10 2013]

Entities: Health Care, Patient, Peter Ubel, United States

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Let's going shopping for surgery: New government data shines

You wouldn't dream of buying a new laptop without comparing prices -- why should health care be any different? The government is releasing new data about what hospitals charge in various places for medical procedures, and the prices vary widely.Let’s ... [Published Marketplace - May 08 2013]

Entities: Gerard Anderson, Peter Ubel, Health Care, Medicare

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

University of Michigan

How to be a happier mom

Ask a mom if she's happier now that she has a child and she'll usually say yes.In fact, around the world, children top the list of the most enjoyable things in life.But psychologists who study happiness -- a new field in the past decade -- often report ... [Published MSN Living - May 08 2013]

Entities: Daniel Gilbert, University of Michigan, Doctor of Philosophy, Peter Ubel

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

KevinMD's Take, May 6, 2013

Mobile health tools are proliferating, with many claiming to improve patient care.There are a plethora of patient trackers, which can turn mobile devices into data gathering tools. In theory, patients can track their blood pressure, weight, and other ... [Published MedPage Today - May 07 2013]

Entities: Informed Consent, Health Care, Patient, Internal Medicine, Peter Ubel

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Rice University

Will you buy into Obamacare or pay the penalty?

The new health care law requires individuals to carry health insurance beginning next year, or pay a small fine. Behavioral economists say even a little punishment may go a long way to get people to sign up.To view this content, Javascript must be enabled ... [Published Marketplace - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Obamacare, Health Insurance, Peter Ubel, Rice University, Duke University

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Price transparency may raise health costs

Health care pricing reform laws may pose risks for patients.A number of state legislatures have passed price transparency laws to combat the hidden and variable costs of health care. The pricing laws are intended to make pricing more fair for patients ... [Published Duke University Chronicle - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: Patient, Health Care, Medicaid, Medicare

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

It's Okay to Make Mistakes

Duke faculty discuss the importance of coping with professional failureprint |Duke Colloquium keynote speaker, Dr. Brian Goldman also hosts an award-winning CBD radio program, "White Coat, Black Art."Durham, NC - Dr. Brian Goldman is not afraid of making ... [Published Duke University - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Brian Goldman, L. Gregory Jones, Peter Ubel, Fuqua School of Business, Organism

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

William Pierce: Price Transparency in Health Care: Is It The Holy Grail?

Health care is the only product or service we purchase without any idea of the price. Often, you don't even know your portion of the price.This raises the question, "Why?" Can anyone imagine going into a restaurant and ordering a meal that had no price ... [Published Huffington Post - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Health Care, Mike Leavitt, Cleveland Clinic, Peter Ubel, Discount

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Everyone Makes Mistakes: Transforming our Failures into Professional Success

Guest Panelist Brian Goldman, M.D.; Faculty Panelists Profs. Catherine Admay, Greg Jones, and Sim Sitkin; Moderator Prof. Peter Ubel: Student Directors Nonie Arora, Olivia Chen, Anirudh Saraswathula, and Jocelyn StreidSponsors:The Duke Colloquium, Provost's ... [Published Duke University - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Brian Goldman, Peter Ubel, Greg Jones

First reported Jan 11 2013 - Updated Jan 11 2013 - 1 reports

The Independent Payment Advisory Board: Why It Is So Difficult to Kill the Death Panel Myth

By Peter Ubel, MD In August of 2009, Sarah Palin claimed that the health legislation being crafted by Democrats at the time would create a “death panel,” in which government bureaucrats would decide whether disabled and elderly patients are “worthy ... [Published The Health Care Blog - Jan 11 2013]

Entities: Sarah Palin, Advisory Board, Peter Ubel, Health Care

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The price transparency argument [Published Healthcare Finance News - May 23 2013]
New data help explain hospital pricing, but exp... [Published News-Medical.Net - May 10 2013]
Why the free market isn’t a cure-all for health... [Published Medical Economics - May 10 2013]
New Data Help Explain Hospital Pricing, But Exp... [Published Kaiser Health News - May 09 2013]
Let's going shopping for surgery: New governmen... [Published Marketplace - May 08 2013]
How to be a happier mom [Published MSN Living - May 08 2013]
KevinMD's Take, May 6, 2013 [Published MedPage Today - May 07 2013]
Will you buy into Obamacare or pay the penalty? [Published Marketplace - Apr 30 2013]
Price transparency may raise health costs [Published Duke University Chronicle - Apr 28 2013]
It's Okay to Make Mistakes [Published Duke University - Apr 18 2013]
William Pierce: Price Transparency in Health Ca... [Published Huffington Post - Apr 17 2013]
Everyone Makes Mistakes: Transforming our Failu... [Published Duke University - Apr 17 2013]
The Radical Rethinking of Primary Care Starts Now [Published The Health Care Blog - Mar 07 2013]
The Independent Payment Advisory Board: Why It ... [Published The Health Care Blog - Jan 11 2013]
A Well-Armed Citizenry, Led by Heavily-Armed Te... [Published The Health Care Blog - Dec 20 2012]
Are In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Clinics Scammi... [Published The Health Care Blog - Dec 17 2012]
Getting Quality Right: Exercise Due Caution Whe... [Published The Health Care Blog - Dec 07 2012]
FPMG Finds Emotional Intelligence a Vital Key t... [Published PRWeb - Nov 03 2012]

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The Radical Rethinking of Primary Care Starts Now [Published The Health Care Blog - Mar 07 2013] By Dan Diamond In November 2008, the New England Journal of Medicine convened a small roundtable to discuss “Redesigning Primary Care.” U.S. primary care is in crisis, the roundtable’s description reads. As a result … [the] ranks are thinning, with ...
The Independent Payment Advisory Board: Why It ... [Published The Health Care Blog - Jan 11 2013] By Peter Ubel, MD In August of 2009, Sarah Palin claimed that the health legislation being crafted by Democrats at the time would create a “death panel,” in which government bureaucrats would decide whether disabled and elderly patients are “worthy ...
A Well-Armed Citizenry, Led by Heavily-Armed Te... [Published The Health Care Blog - Dec 20 2012] By PETER UBEL, MD Gun rights advocates are correct: a well armed principal might have reduced the death toll from the tragic elementary school shootings in Connecticut last week. Gun carrying citizens might also have been able to take down the shooters ...
Are In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Clinics Scammi... [Published The Health Care Blog - Dec 17 2012] By PETER UBEL, MD Somewhere near where you live, a couple will discover this week that they are infertile and that if they want biological children of their own, they are going to need in vitro fertilization (or IVF). According to treatment protocol, ...
Getting Quality Right: Exercise Due Caution Whe... [Published The Health Care Blog - Dec 07 2012] By Peter Ubel, MD If Americans judged the quality of hospital care the way Newsweek judges high schools, we would soon be inundated with “charter hospitals” that only treat healthy patients. As reported in The New York Times, thirty-seven of ...