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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
Innovation
Overcoming Medical Orthodoxy (Part 2): Reinventing Medical Education
Author’s note: This is the second article in a two-part series on reimagining American medical education and ongoing… Read More
By and March 24, 2022
Innovation
Overcoming Medical Orthodoxy (Part 1): The Origins of Dysfunction
Author’s note: This is the first article in a series on reimagining American medical education. This article details… Read More
By and March 17, 2022
Economics
Cracks in the Foundation (Part 2): Overcoming Healthcare’s Artificial Economics
Editor’s note: This piece is the second in a series of six columns in which David Johnson addresses… Read More
By March 10, 2022
Innovation
Looking Back, Looking Forward: A Golden Age of Healthcare Innovation?
Since the middle of 2020, during the early days of the pandemic, several long-developing trends within the U.S…. Read More
By and March 8, 2022
Innovation
Burda on Healthcare: I’d Like Some Interoperability with My Value-Based Care, Please
I’ll admit it. I’m not a good cook. Oh, I can do the basics. Grill burgers. Roast a… Read More
By March 3, 2022
Economics
Death Math
Many analysts are using “excess deaths” as a proxy for COVID deaths during the pandemic. It’s not that… Read More
By February 24, 2022
Innovation
The Courage to Change: A Soundtrack
In the 70s, the Hamilton Brothers sang “Music Makes the World Go Round.” Nowhere is this truer than… Read More
By February 10, 2022
Economics
Cracks in the Foundation — 5 Structural Defects Are Undermining Nonprofit Healthcare (Part 1)
It’s not Rolling Stone, but I’m deeply honored to be on the cover of this month’s HFM magazine. This issue launches… Read More
By February 8, 2022
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