Category: Economics

Take Me Out to the Hospital

I like to say that healthcare is no different from any other industry, and businesses in healthcare are… Read More

By David Burda April 1, 2026

MedPAC March Madness: Hospitals Maintain the Status Quo

The annual March report to Congress from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, better known as MedPAC, never fails… Read More

By David Burda March 25, 2026

Policy

If We Can Eliminate Tuberculosis, Should We?

How Change Management Tools Could Help Us Address This Horrific Disease and Other Curable Ones Like It What… Read More

By Ann Somers Hogg March 24, 2026

4sight Friday 3/20/26

4sight Friday | What Healthcare Lobbies Get for Their Money | Earn a Healthcare DEI Merit Badge |… Read More

By David Burda March 20, 2026

4sight Friday 3/6/26

4sight Friday | Medical School Enrollment Signal or Noise? | 10 Medicare APMs and Counting | Public Health… Read More

By David Burda March 6, 2026

Podcast: The Odds of Online Sports Betting Becoming a Public Health Crisis 2/26/26

As if we didn’t have enough to worry about, a new piece in JAMA says states need to… Read More

By David Burda February 26, 2026

Who’s Winning the Alternative Payment Model Race?

I spent most of my space in last week’s blog post thanking AHIP for saving the annual progress… Read More

By David Burda February 25, 2026

Economics

Thanks to an AHIP Save, We Know How Addicted Providers Are to Fee-for-Service

Before I go all snarky on the latest annual report on industry adoption of alternative payment models (APMs),… Read More

By David Burda February 18, 2026

Economics

4sight Friday 2/13/26

4sight Friday | Breaking PBMs’ Grip on Drug Prices | Follow the Healthcare AI Money | Visualizing Progress… Read More

By David Burda February 13, 2026

Economics