David Burda

David Burda began covering healthcare in 1983 and hasn’t stopped since. Dave writes this monthly column “Burda on Healthcare,” contributes weekly blog posts, manages our weekly newsletter 4sight Friday, and hosts our weekly Roundup podcast. Dave believes that healthcare is a business like any other business, and customers — patients — are king. If you do what’s right for patients, good business results will follow.

Dave’s personnel experiences with the healthcare system both as a patient and family caregiver have shaped his point of view. It’s also been shaped by covering the industry for 40 years as a reporter and editor. He worked at Modern Healthcare for 25 years, the last 11 as editor.

Prior to Modern Healthcare, he did stints at the American Medical Record Association (now AHIMA) and the American Hospital Association. After Modern Healthcare, he wrote a monthly column for Twin Cities Business explaining healthcare trends to a business audience, and he developed and executed content marketing plans for leading healthcare corporations as the editorial director for healthcare strategies at MSP Communications.

When he’s not reading and writing about healthcare, Dave spends his time riding the trails of DuPage County, IL, on his bike, tending his vegetable garden and daydreaming about being a lobster fisherman in Maine. He lives in Wheaton, IL, with his lovely wife of 40 years and his three children, none of whom want to be journalists or lobster fishermen.

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Podcast: Healthcare Tricks and Treats From the New KFF Employer Health Benefits Report 10/31/24
We unwrapped the candy from the new Kaiser Family Foundation employer health benefits report to find out what… Read More
By October 31, 2024
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Patients Shrug at Prior Authorization
You should know by now that hospitals and doctors hate prior authorization (PA) requirements by health plans. Providers… Read More
By October 30, 2024
Consumerism
Scary Stories of Medical Debt
Medical debt haunts millions, lurking in credit reports and reducing access to essentials like housing and business loans…. Read More
By October 29, 2024
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Innovation
4sight Friday 10/25/24
4sight Friday | Cut the People, Cut the Problems | The Future of Medicare Advantage | Entrepreneurship and… Read More
By October 25, 2024
Consumerism
Podcast: How Healthcare Revolutionaries Think with Samir Goel 10/24/24
Podcast: Samir Goel On Healthcare Entrepreneurship and Experience Hear about the personal experiences in healthcare that turned Samir… Read More
By October 24, 2024
Policy
It’s Time to Take People Out of the Interoperability Equation
Earlier this month, Micky Tripathi, Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology… Read More
By October 23, 2024
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4sight Friday 10/18/24
4sight Friday | Should We Tax Not-for-Profit Hospitals? | The Challenge of Value-Based Care | The Putting Patients… Read More
By October 18, 2024
Policy
Podcast: Should We or Should We Not Tax Not-for-Profit Hospitals? 10/17/24
Should we tax not-for-profit hospitals? That was the question we discussed on the new episode of the 4sight… Read More
By October 17, 2024
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Putting Patients First May Actually Pay Off
Show me a hospital, health system, medical practice or any business in healthcare really, and I’ll show you… Read More
By October 16, 2024
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