Archive For: Commentaries

Burda on Healthcare: Rust Never Sleeps. Neither do Healthcare Revolutionaries.

When I was 18, Neil Young and Crazy Horse said rust never sleeps. I took it to mean… Read More

By David Burda October 8, 2024

Mothers Are Suffering, and Healthcare Leaders Are Critical to the Solution

Maternal health in the U.S. is poor and declining. As a healthcare leader, this isn’t news to you…. Read More

By Ann Somers Hogg September 17, 2024

Economics

Cain Brothers: Health Systems, Private Equity, and the Government: It’s Complicated

Sometimes a title says it all. The highly respected Kaiser Health News (KHN) launched an investigative series in… Read More

By Wyatt Ritchie and David W. Johnson September 10, 2024

Burda on Healthcare: The Doctor Is in the House

David W. Johnson, founder and CEO of 4sight Health, likes to say that healthcare will change more in… Read More

By David Burda August 27, 2024

Corporate Takeover Has Not Been Good for Healthcare

Four decades ago, Paul Starr noted in his landmark history of U.S. healthcare, “The Social Transformation of American… Read More

By Ken Terry August 13, 2024

Outcomes

The Primary Care Conundrum

Walmart’s announcement on April 30 that it was pulling the plug on Walmart Health stunned the healthcare ecosystem. [1] Few saw… Read More

By David W. Johnson August 6, 2024

Outcomes

4sight Health: The Next 10 Years

4sight Health celebrated its tenth anniversary on June 27th. On that auspicious date in 2014, the IRS granted… Read More

By David W. Johnson July 29, 2024

Outcomes

Burda on Healthcare: Always, Often, Sometimes, Rarely or Never Trust What the AMA Tells You About Prior Authorization

The American Medical Association (AMA) released the results of its latest annual survey of physicians on prior authorization… Read More

By David Burda July 23, 2024

Nobody Does It Better: Cain Brothers Nurtures Health Systems-PE Collaboration

Building on the success of last year’s inaugural event, Cain Brothers just hosted its second invite-only collaboration conference… Read More

By David W. Johnson July 9, 2024

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