Category: Economics

Podcast: AI in Healthcare: Cost Saver or Cost Driver? 6/25/26

The answer may be both, at least for now. We take a hard look at the evidence on… Read More

By David Burda June 25, 2026

The Choices Forced by the Coming Healthcare Revolution

This is Part 2 in a series about the future of American healthcare. Read Part 1 here. Scale… Read More

By Mike Eaton June 23, 2026

Economics

Podcast: Do Hospitals and Health Plans Mix? 6/18/26

Provider-sponsored health plans have been around for years. Has this “pay-vider” business model fulfilled its promise to lower… Read More

By David Burda June 18, 2026

Outcomes

Making Sense of the Physician Market

Sixteen months after my first-ever visit with an in-network dermatologist, I now know why it took 11 months… Read More

By David Burda June 10, 2026

Economics

Burda on Healthcare: Losing Sleep Over Auto-Pay DME Supplies

The next time you come over, go up to my second-floor office (my daughter’s old bedroom) and slide… Read More

By David Burda June 9, 2026

Series: The Future of American Healthcare

This is a three-part series by Mike Eaton, Vice President of Health System Strategy and Design at Empactful Studios. Part… Read More

By Mike Eaton June 2, 2026

Changing the Innovation Equation in Healthcare

How Today’s Healthcare Transformation Efforts Can Avoid Retail Primary Care’s Fate A few months ago, I shared two… Read More

By Ann Somers Hogg June 2, 2026

The Best Expression of What’s Wrong With the U.S. Healthcare System

Watch the best of what’s wrong with our healthcare system. 4sight Health’s David W. Johnson joins John R…. Read More

By 4sight Health May 28, 2026

4sight Friday 5/22/26

4sight Friday | Dr. Jeffrey Wessler on an Ounce of Prevention | Your Medical Specialist Is Young |… Read More

By David Burda May 22, 2026

Economics