Category: Outcomes

Digital Disillusionment: Are We There Yet?

There are signs that digital health—the promised cure for everything that’s wrong with healthcare—may be slipping into the… Read More

By David Burda February 26, 2019

Economics

When Hospitals Merge, Patient Satisfaction Gets Squeezed

When two competing companies merge and get bigger, a common worry of their customers is whether the quality… Read More

By David Burda February 20, 2019

Economics

Price Controls Take Root in Rhode Island. Will They Spread to Your State?

One state’s attempt to control healthcare costs by using “affordability standards” ended up limiting increases in commercial health… Read More

By David Burda February 14, 2019

Economics

Forced Resignations at NCH Healthcare System Expose Medicine’s Dark Side

An ongoing feud between independent physicians and hospital administrators in Naples, Florida, exploded last month, damaging the trust… Read More

By David W. Johnson February 12, 2019

Economics

Wither the Traditional Physician Office Visit

It’s not your imagination or the self-serving forecast of a healthcare consultant angling for your business. Fewer people… Read More

By David Burda January 31, 2019

Economics

After the Breakups: Big Payers Find Vertical Love in New Faces

In rapid succession at the end of 2018, CVS closed its $70 billion acquisition of Aetna and Cigna… Read More

By David W. Johnson and John N. Poulin January 29, 2019

Everyone Knows What’s Going to Happen in Healthcare in 2019. Do You? – Burda on Healthcare

What’s going to happen in healthcare this year is anyone’s guess. Not really. What’s going to happen in… Read More

By David Burda January 23, 2019

Economics

Everything in Healthcare is Changing—Except One Thing

Much has changed in healthcare over the past 25 years. A lot has changed in healthcare over the… Read More

By David Burda January 17, 2019

Innovation

Bundled-Pay Evaluation a Study in Hospital Market-Based Behavior

What would you cut out if you suddenly had to reduce your monthly household expenses by 5 percent,… Read More

By David Burda January 8, 2019

Outcomes