Barack Obama’s recess appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick as head of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) marks a new low in his destructive presidency, and that is saying something!After forcing the Orwellian Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) onto an unwilling populace and through a reluctant Congress, he installs an elitist [...]

I did a lot of driving around Wisconsin this week and used the time to listen to a lot more radio stations than I would otherwise. Among other stations I listened to NPR, Christian radio, an African American-themed talk show, and right wing and left-wing talk. I find each of those genres mildly annoying to [...]

Like many others, I am still reeling from the “recess appointment” of Dr. Donald Berwick as the new Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). But unlike others who feel his appointment was a “sneeky move,” I would have to admit that it was brilliant political display of “The Chicago Way.”You see in Chicago, if you hold a position of great stature politically, you don’t have to ask permission from anyone to do things. You just do them.

Highlights of the important and the interesting from the world of healthcare:Venture capital rebounds with strong first half … or does it? Maybe reports of the venture capital industry’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. U.S. In the first half of 2010, VC firms raised $7.5 billion across 72 funds, up 13.5 percent from the $6.6 [...]

Please excuse the brevity and lack of links. I’m on vacation writing from my phone.Obama’s decision to use a recess appointment to install Dr. Donald Berwick as head of CMS is extremely wise. Why? Because it’s critical for the Administration to establish momentum and create ’facts on the ground’ for the [...]

President Barack Obama, in an end-run around Republican opposition, uses a recess appointment to install Dr. Donald Berwick as head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.President Barack Obama used his recess appointment power to install his choice to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dr. Donald Berwick, [...]

Highlights of the important and the interesting from the world of healthcare:Some nurses struggle to find jobs despite nursing shortage: While the problem may not be as severe nationally, new nursing graduates in California are having difficulty finding jobs–with 40 percent not finding work as quickly as they thought. With all the talk of a [...]

Highlights of the important and the interesting from the world of healthcare: Is Cisco’s tablet an “iPad killer” for healthcare? Aiming for the business market while the iPad seems more of a consumer device, Cisco unveiled its Cius tablet, which is scheduled for release early next year. The always-insightful mobihealth news speculates that the Cius, [...]

In GOP targets nominee to run health agency, the Boston Globe details plans by Republicans to oppose Dr. Don Berwick’s nomination to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).Berwick, a pediatrician and president of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, a not-for-profit organization in Cambridge, is widely respected by many [...]

Highlights of the important and the interesting from the world of healthcare:VC dollars are chasing obesity: Startupsfocused on a variety of disorders brought on by obesity having been cashing in with venture capitalists lately, Reuters reports. Withthe World Health Organization projecting that by 2015, 2.3 billion adults will be overweight and more than 700 million [...]