Category: GEHA

An Imperfectly Designed System for the Times

Holly Hosford-Dunn 2 Comments American Academy of Audiology / ASHA / Audiology / audiometry / automated testing / Bundling / Costco / Economics / GEHA / Harvey Abrams PhD / manual testing / Nova Southeastern University / PCAST / President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology / Pricing / support personnel / TruHearing

by Harvey Abrams, PhD.   “Peeling the Onion” is a monthly column by Harvey Abrams, PhD.   If your time to you Is worth savin’ Then you better start swimmin’ Or you’ll sink like a stone (Bob Dylan)   In a recent post  (in response to the PCAST report and pending FDA decision on creating a…

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Waiting for the Second Shoe (of Three) to Drop

Holly Hosford-Dunn 2 Comments Amplifon / Audiology / Bundling / Demand / FDA / GEHA / Harvey Abrams PhD / Hearing aids / HearUSA / Hi HealthInnovations / Institute of Medicine / PCAST / President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology / Price / Pricing / PSAP / retail markup / TruHearing / United Healthcare / Wholesale

“Peeling the Onion” is a monthly column by Harvey Abrams, PhD.   Before we get started, a disclaimer: This post will name names – hearing aid products, a health insurance company, and hearing health care benefit programs. I have no financial or non-financial interests in any of the products/companies mentioned except as a subscriber to…

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