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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4sight Friday | Taking Revenue Management Up a Notch | Rooting Out Low-Value Care | No Care? No Problem
Read 06/26/2020 Edition here. Curated by David Burda, 4sight Health’s news editor and columnist. Columns here. Find 4sight Health… Read More
By June 26, 2020
The Patients Are Alright
Consumerism
Podcast: 4sight Friday Roundup, The Patients Are Alright, 06/26/2020
The Patients Are Alright Listen to this week’s 4sight Friday Roundup podcast for our thoughts on why many… Read More
By June 26, 2020
Now Is the Time to Nip Low-Value Care in the Bud
Economics
Now Is the Time to Nip Low-Value Care in the Bud
The coronavirus pandemic exposed flaws in the U.S. health system that we knew existed but weren’t in a… Read More
By June 23, 2020
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4sight Friday | COVID-Induced Consolidation Concerns | The Coronavirus and Healthcare Affordability | Fixing Healthcare’s Weak Links
Read 06/19/2020 Edition here. Curated by David Burda, 4sight Health’s news editor and columnist. Columns here. Find 4sight Health… Read More
By June 19, 2020
COVID-19 and Healthcare Affordability
COVID-19
Podcast: 4sight Friday Roundup, COVID-19 and Healthcare Affordability, 06/19/2020
COVID-19 and Healthcare Affordability Listen to this week’s 4sight Friday Roundup podcast for our predictions on how the… Read More
By June 19, 2020
Countering the Negative Consequences of COVID-Induced Healthcare Consolidation
COVID-19
Countering the Negative Consequences of COVID-Induced Healthcare Consolidation
The COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. is leaving a lot of financially struggling hospitals and medical practices in… Read More
By June 18, 2020
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4sight Friday | Social Determinants and COVID-19 | Market-Driven Coronavirus Innovations | The Pandemic and Your Revenue Cycle
Read 06/12/2020 Edition here. Curated by David Burda, 4sight Health’s news editor and columnist. Columns here. Find 4sight Health… Read More
By June 12, 2020
Predicting COVID-19's Toll on Your Revenue Cycle
COVID-19
Podcast: 4sight Friday Roundup, Predicting COVID-19’s Toll on Your Revenue Cycle, 06/12/2020
Predicting COVID-19’s Toll on Your Revenue Cycle Listen to this week’s 4sight Friday Roundup podcast for our thoughts… Read More
By June 12, 2020
Consumers Counting on Private Sector to Produce Post-COVID Healthcare Market Innovations
COVID-19
Consumers Counting on Private Sector to Produce Post-COVID Healthcare Market Innovations
Consumers want the private sector, not the federal government, to lead them out of this mess we call… Read More
By June 9, 2020
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