Category: Policy

Can Data Finally Resolve the Great Hospital Tax Exemption Debate?

As a cub healthcare business reporter, I covered the first state and local challenges to tax exemptions for… Read More

By David Burda October 18, 2023

Let’s Stop Blaming the Pandemic for Adverse Patient Events

I’m not quite sure how the pandemic caused surgeons and surgical teams to perform more wrong-site surgeries and… Read More

By David Burda October 4, 2023

Outcomes

Making “Good Trouble” in Minnesota: Johnson Responds to the Star Tribune

On Oct. 1, 2023, I published a commentary in the “Counterpoint” section of the Star Tribune, Minnesota’s largest… Read More

By David W. Johnson October 3, 2023

Policy

Do We Still Care About the Uninsured?

Were you better off in 2022 than you were in 2017? I was for a lot of reasons…. Read More

By David Burda September 27, 2023

Outcomes

Burda on Healthcare: Calling a Physician Burnout Timeout

I have no doubt that a lot of physicians are burned out. So are a lot of nurses,… Read More

By David Burda September 19, 2023

Outcomes

Medicare Advantage Bait and Switch

I have one quid pro quo in my life: I won’t tell you what to do if you… Read More

By David Burda September 13, 2023

Policy

4sight Friday | Side Effects of Medicare Negotiating Drug Prices | Healthcare Cyberattacks Get Real | Revolutionaries Write for 4sight Health

Read the 9/1/2023 Edition here. Subscribe here for weekly access. Curated by David Burda, 4sight Health’s news editor… Read More

By David Burda September 1, 2023

Policy

Podcast: Forecasting the Impact of Medicare Part D Drug Negotiations 8/31/23

Don’t know what to think about the regulatory and competitive implications of Medicare negotiating the prices of 10… Read More

By David Burda August 31, 2023

Are Patient Advocacy Groups Falling Victim to the Healthcare Industrial Complex®? Of Course They Are.

When we think about the revolving door between influential positions in the federal government and influential positions in… Read More

By David Burda August 23, 2023

Policy