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Economics
Bankrupting Patients. Not a Good Business Strategy.
One of the hot healthcare stories last week was the release of the Commonwealth Fund’s first annual Health… Read More
By November 1, 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
Consumerism
No Duh Healthcare Consumers
Uwe Reinhardt’s explanation of why healthcare costs so much in the U.S., “It’s the prices, stupid,” has become… Read More
By October 11, 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
Policy
Do We Still Care About the Uninsured?
Were you better off in 2022 than you were in 2017? I was for a lot of reasons…. Read More
By September 27, 2023
Consumerism
A Sign of Faith in Healthcare Consumerism
If you follow this blog, you know I’m always looking for signs that people are becoming good healthcare… Read More
By September 20, 2023
Outcomes
Medicare Advantage Bait and Switch
I have one quid pro quo in my life: I won’t tell you what to do if you… Read More
By September 13, 2023
Outcomes
The Primary Reason for Physician-Hospital Vertical Integration
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me tens of thousands of times over decades, shame on me…. Read More
By September 6, 2023
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