Category: Economics

The Real Reason Insurance Companies Won’t Pay for That Breakthrough Drug

The answer to the question posed in the headline is money. Health insurers don’t want to pay for… Read More

By David Burda March 29, 2023

Still Time For a Healthcare Industry Reinvention (Part 1)

Editor’s note: This is a multi-part series on reinventing the healthcare industry. Part 2 addresses physicians, non-physician caregivers,… Read More

By Allen Weiss March 28, 2023

Policy

4sight Friday | Confessions of a Chief Strategy Officer | Steve Klasko is Alright | So Are Hospital Profits

Read the 3/24/2023 Edition here. Curated by David Burda, 4sight Health’s news editor and columnist. Columns here. Find 4sight… Read More

By David Burda March 24, 2023

Economics

Hospitals Posted Record Profit Margins?

To answer the question in the headline, which I haven’t seen anywhere yet, is yes. Yes they did…. Read More

By David Burda March 22, 2023

Economics

Podcast: Of Bank Collapses and Healthcare 3/16/23

How will the recent bank collapses affect healthcare regulation, bailouts and market innovation? We talked about it on… Read More

By David Burda March 16, 2023

When Knowing About the Healthcare Revenue Cycle Gets You an Extra Donut

Kids and adults like to complain about classes they had to take in school that, in their opinion,… Read More

By David Burda March 15, 2023

Policy

4sight Friday | Medicare’s Social Contract | Human-Machine Healthcare Collaboration | Behavioral Health Market Upheavals

Read the 3/10/2023 Edition here. Curated by David Burda, 4sight Health’s news editor and columnist. Columns here. Find 4sight… Read More

By David Burda March 10, 2023

Economics

Sutton’s Law, Humana and Medicare Advantage

I didn’t know this until I looked it up, and that there’s a thing called “Sutton’s Law” that… Read More

By David Burda March 8, 2023

Economics

The Debt Ceiling and the Death of Fee for Service

You might not remember Richard Schweiker despite his 20 years in the U.S. House and Senate, despite him… Read More

By Kerry Weems February 28, 2023

Economics