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Businesses’ Growing Appetite for Healthcare Regulation
By definition, employers don’t like any type of regulation of their business practices. Complying with regulations adds to… Read More
By December 20, 2023
Economics
The Complexity of Medical Bills Rolls Downhill for Consumers
One of my dad’s favorite expressions was, “The shit rolls downhill.” He’d say it a lot when I… Read More
By December 13, 2023
Outcomes
Yes, Some Good Patient Safety News
Better check the byline on this blog post. It’s about patient safety improving at hospitals. Yes, I’m the… Read More
By December 6, 2023
Economics
No Pandemic Impact to See Here. Doctors Still Hate Prior Authorization.
With the COVID-19 pandemic largely in our rearview mirror, many health services researchers are doing before-and-after studies. Infection… Read More
By November 21, 2023
Outcomes
Physician APM Participation Is Like Eating Cauliflower
My youngest child is a picky eater. He would say otherwise, but he is. He’s gone from eating… Read More
By November 8, 2023
Economics
Putting a Price Tag on Healthcare Middlemen
Healthcare middlemen like group purchasing organizations, distributors and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) add costs to our already bloated… Read More
By October 25, 2023
Economics
Can Data Finally Resolve the Great Hospital Tax Exemption Debate?
As a cub healthcare business reporter, I covered the first state and local challenges to tax exemptions for… Read More
By October 18, 2023
Outcomes
Let’s Stop Blaming the Pandemic for Adverse Patient Events
I’m not quite sure how the pandemic caused surgeons and surgical teams to perform more wrong-site surgeries and… Read More
By October 4, 2023
Outcomes
Making “Good Trouble” in Minnesota: Johnson Responds to the Star Tribune
On Oct. 1, 2023, I published a commentary in the “Counterpoint” section of the Star Tribune, Minnesota’s largest… Read More
By October 3, 2023
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