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Capitalism, Perversions, and Health Utilities

The collision of capitalism, healthcare, and a government payment system has produced perversions in the healthcare system that… Read More

By Kerry Weems May 17, 2022

Outcomes

Overcoming Medical Orthodoxy (Part 3): Forces Disrupting “Old Medicine”

Author Note: This is the third article in a four-part series on reimagining American medical education and ongoing… Read More

By David W. Johnson and David B. Nash, MD, MBA May 12, 2022

Economics

Healthcare’s Roaring 2020s

Published May 4, 2022, on HLTH.com Read the in-depth article here. The 1920s was a time of big… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Matthew Bragstad May 10, 2022

Economics

Burda on Healthcare: 10 Things I Didn’t Know About Drugs and Drug Prices

I don’t know a lot about the pharmaceutical industry. Although I’ve been on the healthcare beat as a… Read More

By David Burda May 5, 2022

Economics

Cracks in the Foundation (Part 4): Overcoming U.S. Health Systems’ Brittle Business Model

U.S. health systems’ reliance on centralized, high-cost platforms (e.g., hospitals) to deliver routine care is baffling to me…. Read More

By David W. Johnson May 4, 2022

Policy

Separate And Unequal (Part 1): Healthcare’s Profound Maldistribution of Facilities

Ready. Set. Stumble. As part of its announcement of payment guidelines for FY 2023, the Centers for Medicare… Read More

By David W. Johnson April 28, 2022

Economics

Fishing for Returns in Turbulent Waters: Healthcare Investors Adapt to New Competitors and Greater Risk

Private equity and venture capital continues to flow into almost all healthcare sectors in abundance, despite a wide… Read More

By David W. Johnson, Mike Elizondo and Stacy Guffanti April 14, 2022

Scheduling Colonoscopies: What a Pain in the Ass

Dave Crane and I are great friends. We’re both healthcare lifers, theater buffs, of a certain age and… Read More

By David W. Johnson April 7, 2022

Cracks in the Foundation (Part 3): Overcoming Healthcare’s Services-Need Mismatch

Editor’s note: This piece is the third in a series of six columns in which David Johnson addresses… Read More

By David W. Johnson April 5, 2022

Commentaries