Category: 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

Policy

Value-Based Care Needs Only Five Quality Measures

I was the editor of a healthcare business magazine for 11 years. I was in charge of hiring… Read More

By David Burda August 28, 2024

Economics

Podcast: Will Medicare’s Negotiated Prices for 10 Prescription Drugs Go Down Easy? 8/22/24

We looked back at our predictions of what would happen after Medicare haggled with drug makers over the… Read More

By David Burda August 22, 2024

Tell Me Again Why We’re Doing Prior Authorization?

Somehow, I end up writing a lot about prior authorization (PA). I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s because… Read More

By David Burda August 21, 2024

Economics

Podcast: What Leading Causes of Death Say About the Healthcare System 8/15/24

We looked at two new reports on the leading causes of death in the U.S. and worldwide to… Read More

By David Burda August 15, 2024

Value-Based Care Yada Yada Yada

We know that the transition to value-based care (VBC) payment models from traditional fee-for-service models has been a… Read More

By David Burda August 14, 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

Forgiving Student Loans for All Healthcare Workers May Save Your Life Someday

My wife and I are fortunate enough to afford to pay for college for our three children. We… Read More

By David Burda July 31, 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

Economics