Category: Economics

Surprise! Surprise! The Surprise Billing Legislation Could Usher in Government Price Controls. Nathan Bays, Guest Columnist

As the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) prepares to vote on the Lowering Health… Read More

By Nathan Bays June 26, 2019

Economics

What Are Healthcare Executives Thinking? – Burda on Healthcare

I write a lot about what healthcare organizations and companies do, and I make educated guesses on why… Read More

By David Burda June 19, 2019

Economics

States Foul-Tipping Regulatory Approaches to Control Healthcare Prices

A new Viewpoint in the Journal of the American Medical Association said states are trying, but largely failing,… Read More

By David Burda June 18, 2019

Economics

More on Why Employers Should Pay Attention to Behavioral Health

More on the what and the why of employers and behavioral health, and what both mean for remaking… Read More

By David Burda June 5, 2019

Economics

Doctors and the Laws of Supply and Demand – Burda on Healthcare

It’s a great time to go to medical school and become a doctor. Ignore all the manufactured angst… Read More

By David Burda May 30, 2019

Economics

Getting Urgent about Urgent Care: Health Systems Go Big on Retail

Historically, health systems have delivered acute care services in hospitals and ambulatory facilities. Their business models centralize care… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Wyatt Ritchie May 21, 2019

Economics

What Businesses Say They’re Doing About Their Employees’ Mental Health

The National Institute of Mental Health says 46.6 million adults suffered from some form of mental illness in… Read More

By David Burda May 16, 2019

Consumerism

The Deep State of Physician Prescribing Patterns

And you thought changing patients’ health behaviors was going to be hard. Try changing physicians’ drug prescribing patterns…. Read More

By David Burda May 9, 2019

Consumerism

An Unbearable Burden (Part 2): Wide Variations in State Health Insurance Costs

The Healthcare Affordability Index (Index) is a simple and powerful metric for assessing the impact of rising healthcare… Read More

By David W. Johnson May 7, 2019

Economics

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