Category: Economics

As Physician Ownership Goes, So Goes the Healthcare Industry

If I compiled a list of my favorite biennial healthcare reports, at the top of the list would… Read More

By David Burda July 19, 2023

Burda on Healthcare: No, It’s Your Turn to Throw Me Under the Healthcare Bus

Everyone knows what’s wrong with healthcare. Well-honed business practices by incumbent industry sectors and organizations make care less… Read More

By David Burda July 18, 2023

Economics

Code Red (2-Part Series)

This is a two-part series by Michael Connelly, in which the author describes the overly complex and counter-productive… Read More

By Michael D. Connelly July 16, 2023

Policy

Sticks, Not Carrots, Get Hospitals’ Attention

I briefly worked with a person whose standing management dictum was that he was always right unless he… Read More

By David Burda July 12, 2023

Policy

The Real Reason Hospitals Hate Physician-Owned Hospitals

The answer is, they’re cheaper. You can stop reading now if you want. But if you don’t and… Read More

By David Burda July 5, 2023

Economics

4sight Friday | Is the Bloom Off the ESI Rose? | Connecting with Demi Radeva | CMS Will See Your Breakthrough Medical Device Now

Read the 6/30/2023 Edition here. Curated by David Burda, 4sight Health’s news editor and columnist. Columns here. Find 4sight… Read More

By David Burda June 30, 2023

Employer-Sponsored Insurance Is Starting to Suck

At some point in the late 1960s or early 1970s, my dad lost his job. Despite having three… Read More

By David Burda June 28, 2023

Economics

Podcast: How Healthcare Revolutionaries Think with Demi Radeva

Podcast: Demi Radeva on Why Up-and-Coming Healthcare Entrepreneurs Should Never Reveal Their Ages Demi Radeva is quite accomplished… Read More

By David Burda June 27, 2023

Policy

4sight Friday | Pull Payment Complexity Up by the Roots | A Priority Problem for Healthcare | A Trillion Here, a Trillion There

Read the 6/23/2023 Edition here. Curated by David Burda, 4sight Health’s news editor and columnist. Columns here. Find 4sight… Read More

By David Burda June 23, 2023

Economics