Category: Policy

It’s the Payment Model, Stupid (2-Part Series)

This is a two-part series on Maryland’s unique approach to a healthcare payment model and how those ideas… Read More

By David W. Johnson June 20, 2023

Economics

A Burning Fee-For-Service Analogy

Early last month, 4sight Health published a blog post in which I struggled to find a fitting analogy… Read More

By David Burda May 31, 2023

Healthcare Trials, Tribulations and Potential Triumphs for Chicago’s New Mayor

On May 15, 2023, the city of Chicago swore in Brandon Johnson as its 57th mayor. Chicago is… Read More

By David W. Johnson May 23, 2023

Policy

Podcast: CMS Gets Tough on Hospital Price Transparency Rules 5/18/23

CMS has had enough of hospitals thumbing their noses at the new price transparency rules. What will it… Read More

By David Burda May 18, 2023

Policy

Delivery Failures and Nursing Burden (2-Part Series)

This is a series that looks at ways healthcare is wrestling with major logistical and financial challenges related… Read More

By David W. Johnson May 14, 2023

Policy

The Shiny New Mass Shooting Objects That Are Distracting and Desensitizing Us to a Public Health Crisis

Gun violence is a public health crisis in the U.S. You don’t need any more evidence than the… Read More

By David Burda May 10, 2023

Policy

Academic Medicine: Where Privilege Compounds Organizational Dysfunction

Academic medicine combines healthcare with higher education, the two sectors of the American economy that have exhibited outsized… Read More

By David W. Johnson May 9, 2023

Policy

4sight Friday | Tag-Teaming the Healthcare Industrial Complex | It’s Not Safe for Patients | Does Healthcare Need a Private Equity Policy?

Read the 4/28/2023 Edition here. Curated by David Burda, 4sight Health’s news editor and columnist. Columns here. Find 4sight… Read More

By David Burda April 28, 2023

Policy

Podcast: Private Equity Penetration and Policy in Healthcare 4/27/23

We broke down the latest trends in private equity investment and ownership in healthcare and whether we need… Read More

By David Burda April 27, 2023

Policy