One City Built to Last
The news is in: On November 7, 2014, the justices announced they would decide on a lawsuit claiming that the language of the Affordable Care Act doesn’t allow the government to provide tax-credits to low-and-moderate-income health insurance consumers using federally funded Obamacare exchanges operating in more than 30 states. Indeed, there’s a medical quagmire. And there is a lack of communication between doctors, staffing and patients. For example, the Affordable Care Act isn’t just about insurance coverage. The legislation is also about transforming the way health care is provided. In fact, it has brought in new competitors, services and business practices, which are in turn producing substantial industry shifts that affect all players along health care’s value chain. Read Amy Armstrongs story on page 16. On page 21, our reporter Judy Magness, profiles companies all over the country making incredible advances. Take a look at Functional Medicine and the driving breakthroughs in breast cancer while
The news is in: On November 7, 2014, the justices announced they would decide on a lawsuit claiming that the language of the Affordable Care Act doesn’t allow the government to provide tax-credits to low-and-moderate-income health insurance consumers using federally funded Obamacare exchanges operating in more than 30 states. Indeed, there’s a medical quagmire. And there is a lack of communication between doctors, staffing and patients. For example, the Affordable Care Act isn’t just about insurance coverage. The legislation is also about transforming the way health care is provided. In fact, it has brought in new competitors, services and business practices, which are in turn producing substantial industry shifts that affect all players along health care’s value chain. Read Amy Armstrongs story on page 16. On page 21, our reporter Judy Magness, profiles companies all over the country making incredible advances. Take a look at Functional Medicine and the driving breakthroughs in breast cancer while
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CONTENTS<br />
NOV 2014<br />
Issue 63 NOV 2014<br />
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NEWYORK<br />
one city built <strong>to</strong> last<br />
mayor deblasio<br />
Top Billing<br />
Docs who Overcharge Medicare<br />
After the FLOOD<br />
Climate Change Law Passed<br />
7 Lessons Learned From Cancer<br />
Getting Cancer Wasn’t on the List<br />
Functional Medicine<br />
Drives Breakthroughs in Breast Cancer<br />
FEATURES<br />
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I never set out <strong>to</strong> be a “survivor.” My life’s<br />
aspirations were pretty basic: become successful<br />
professionally, marry my soul mate, have two<br />
beautiful children and perhaps even retire early.<br />
Getting cancer certainly wasn’t on the list.<br />
7 Business Lessons learned from Cancer<br />
16 Physician Shortfall in the ACA<br />
Courts continue <strong>to</strong> hammer out whether the subsidies<br />
promised <strong>to</strong> low-income holders of health<br />
insurance benefits will be honored.<br />
8Top Billing: Meet the Docs who Charge<br />
Medicare Top Dollars for Office Visits<br />
Medicare paid for more than 200 million office visits for established<br />
patients in 2012. Overall, health professionals classified only 4 percent<br />
as complex enough <strong>to</strong> command the most expensive rates.<br />
HEALTH / TECHNOLOGY<br />
26<br />
Specializing for a Productive Business Venture<br />
A die-hard believer in specialization<br />
28<br />
Never Make the Same Mistake Twice<br />
The Affordable Care Act firmly entrenched and grossly over-complicated<br />
30 Seeking <strong>to</strong> Become a <strong>One</strong>-S<strong>to</strong>p Shop<br />
Ohio Medical Equipment Services Firm Launches Innovative<br />
“replacement-parts finance Program”<br />
32 Cyber-Connecting with Health<br />
International health plans a Corporate Family of Insurance<br />
33 Compliance is Key for Health Care Industry<br />
Affects more than just care providers while under PPACA<br />
18 New York’s Green Revolution<br />
New York <strong>City</strong> has embarked on an aggressive plan<br />
<strong>to</strong> curb the predicted impacts of global warming thus<br />
setting an example for other major metro areas <strong>to</strong> follow<br />
in their own respective efforts <strong>to</strong> thwart the threats<br />
caused by warmer ocean temperatures<br />
23 Functional Medicine<br />
Drives Breakthroughs in breast cancer. Just what is<br />
functional medicine? Perhaps it is better explained<br />
by also describing conventional and alternative<br />
healthcare approaches.<br />
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THE SUIT MAGAZINE - NOV 2014
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