Category: Policy

When Blue Is the New Green

I mean, what did you think was going to happen? A new study says big Blues plans that… Read More

By David Burda February 7, 2019

The Immovable Force That Is Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance

Death, taxes and employer-sponsored health insurance. We know the first two are certainties in life, and new research… Read More

By David Burda January 24, 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

Medicare Advantage Bends Cost Curve the Wrong Way

Everyone sees what they want to see in the latest figures on national health expenditures released by the… Read More

By David Burda January 2, 2019

Consumerism

The Slow Road to Value-Based Care

A new report is yet another sign that the march toward value-based care has bogged down. The Health… Read More

By David Burda December 26, 2018

Policy

Eisenhower’s Prophecy: The Healthcare Industrial Complex®

On January 17, 1961, three days before leaving office, Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke to the nation one last… Read More

By David W. Johnson December 19, 2018

Economics

HHS Goes All In on Competition as the Way to Fix Healthcare Woes – Burda on Healthcare

Competition good. Regulation bad. That’s my caveman summary of HHS’ manifesto released on Dec. 3 on how to… Read More

By David Burda December 17, 2018

Consumerism

Want Better Cardiac Outcomes? Just Follow the Money

The line between financial incentives and clinical outcomes just got a little straighter. A new study says money… Read More

By David Burda December 4, 2018

Outcomes

New Primary Care Provider, Same or Better Outcomes

Expanding the scope of practice for nurse practitioners and physician assistants may be a cost-effective way to manage… Read More

By David Burda November 27, 2018

Policy