Category: 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

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

Podcast: Tightening the Gap Between Hospital Tax Exemptions and Charity Care 4/20/23

Two new reports say not-for-profit hospitals aren’t doing enough for their communities in exchange for their tax exemptions…. Read More

By David Burda April 20, 2023

Playing the Information Blocking Blame Game

If there’s one thing healthcare is good at, it’s finger-pointing. It’s always someone else’s fault that costs are… Read More

By David Burda April 19, 2023

Policy

Podcast: Ignition Plan for Cancer Moonshot 4/13/23

HHS released its National Cancer Plan to get the Biden Administration’s cancer moonshot off the ground. We shared… Read More

By David Burda April 13, 2023

Economics

No One Pays Retail, Even in Healthcare

I grew up just west of Chicago where if someone asked you to pay cash, it meant one… Read More

By David Burda April 12, 2023

Outcomes

Still Time For a Healthcare Industry Reinvention (Part 2)

Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of a multi-part series on healthcare revolution. This article builds on Part… Read More

By Allen Weiss April 11, 2023

Policy