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Shedding a Tear for Physician Billing Hassles
Self-employed people — like many freelance healthcare writers, producers, designers and public relations professionals I know and/or work… Read More
By April 6, 2022
Innovation
David Johnson’s 2021 HLTH Executive Summary in “Bullet-Point” Journalism
Nobody generates content and creates eye-popping graphics like HLTH. No healthcare business publication synthesizes, opines and writes like… Read More
By March 31, 2022
Policy
Don’t Hate Me Because I Love Prior Authorization
Healthcare providers, especially physicians, detest prior authorization requirements dictated by payers, especially health insurance companies. I totally get… Read More
By March 29, 2022
System Dynamics
Podcast: 4sight Friday Roundup, Healthcare Affordability, Medical Debt and Cancer Costs, 3/25/22
Why Medical Debt is Different  Affordability is in the news again as three credit reporting agencies make a… Read More
By March 25, 2022
Innovation
What State Opioid Laws Can Teach Us About Provider Behaviors
I prefer market innovation to legislation and competition to regulation. Why? Because self-motivation is a force more powerful… Read More
By March 23, 2022
Consumerism
Podcast: 4sight Friday Roundup, Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse Prevention, 3/11/22
Are We Finally Serious About Expanding Access to Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse Prevention Services? We debated that… Read More
By March 11, 2022
System Dynamics
Healthcare Over the Rainbow (Part 2): The Allegory
In November 2021, I wrote Part 1 of this “Dispatch” to highlight our commentary “Healthcare’s Transformative Digital Bazaar:… Read More
By March 1, 2022
Policy
Podcast: 4sight Friday Roundup, Staffing Finally Getting Attention from the Top, 2/25/22
Staffing Finally Getting Attention from the Top What does it mean when staffing hits No. 1 on an… Read More
By February 25, 2022
Economics
It’s The Payment Models, Stupid! Part 2: Taking It to the States
On February 9th and 10th, Health Affairs published a two-part article by Zeke Emanuel, Merrill Goozner, Matt Guido… Read More
By February 22, 2022
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