Category: Economics

Fortress Healthcare Meanders Toward Value

There are more “suits” in downtown San Francisco each January for JP Morgan’s annual healthcare conference than the… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Todd Rudsenske January 31, 2018

Economics

Is Tax-Exemption Necessary? Enlightened Health Systems Should Consider the Unthinkable

In the mid-1800s, English philosopher and political economist John Stuart Mill developed “Utilitarianism,” a framework for making moral… Read More

By David W. Johnson and David Morlock January 17, 2018

Policy

Crony Capitalism Has Consequences: Opioid Distribution, Destruction and Death

Market Corner Commentary for October 25, 2017 – Special Edition Talk about bombshells. On October 15th, the Washington… Read More

By David W. Johnson November 3, 2017

Consumerism

Introducing the Healthcare Affordability Index: High-Cost Private Health Insurance Reduces Family Incomes

Today, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel and I along with Aaron Glickman published Measuring the Burden of Health Care Costs… Read More

By David W. Johnson November 2, 2017

Consumerism

Advantage Medicare Advantage: Delivering Healthcare’s Triple Aim to America’s Seniors

Hitting the Sweet Spot for Patients and Providers The United States is experiencing a demographic tidal wave. Baby… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Richard Jones August 8, 2017

Economics

Market Corner Conversations: Paul Walczak, NuVista

4sight Health’s inaugural episode with Paul Walczak, the CEO from NuVista, a remarkably innovative post-acute care company coordinating value-based… Read More

By David W. Johnson July 12, 2017

Economics

Symbiotic Disruption: Skilled-Nursing-REIT Ecosystem Adapts to Market Dynamics

Nature thrives on symbiosis. Its many ecosystems would not exist without important relationships between sometimes strange bedfellows. The… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Wyatt Ritchie May 17, 2017

Economics

“Indumbent” Healthcare Thinking: Prices Don’t Matter

In a March 29th New York Times article, author Elizabeth Rosenthal chronicles America’s dystopian system for coding and… Read More

By David W. Johnson April 17, 2017

Outcomes

Darwinian Outsourcing: Big Pharma Adapts to Market Realities

by Kristin Carey and David W. Johnson Competitive markets drive innovations in business efficiency and strategy. Twenty-five years… Read More

By David W. Johnson and Kristin Carey April 3, 2017

Economics

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