Policy

Policy Healthcare providers, especially physicians, detest prior authorization requirements dictated by payers, especially health insurance companies. I totally get… Read More

System Dynamics Why Medical Debt is Different  Affordability is in the news again as three credit reporting agencies make a… Read More

Innovation I prefer market innovation to legislation and competition to regulation. Why? Because self-motivation is a force more powerful… Read More

Consumerism Are We Finally Serious About Expanding Access to Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse Prevention Services? We debated that… Read More

System Dynamics In November 2021, I wrote Part 1 of this “Dispatch” to highlight our commentary “Healthcare’s Transformative Digital Bazaar:… Read More

Policy Staffing Finally Getting Attention from the Top What does it mean when staffing hits No. 1 on an… Read More

Economics On February 9th and 10th, Health Affairs published a two-part article by Zeke Emanuel, Merrill Goozner, Matt Guido… Read More

Consumerism Industry incumbents like hospitals and health plans really don’t have their hearts in this whole cost and price… Read More

Economics On February 9th and 10th, Health Affairs published a two-part article by Zeke Emanuel, Merrill Goozner, Matt Guido… Read More