Category: System Dynamics

Sage, Easy-to-Digest Advice from a Great Business Builder

Scott Becker’s Building Great Businesses is less a how-to manual than a reflection on what it actually takes… Read More

By David W. Johnson July 27, 2025

Outcomes

Can the Market Save Maternity Care and Our Future?

My wife of 42 years is a former labor and delivery nurse and a nursing professor who taught… Read More

By David Burda July 23, 2025

Economics

Open Payments? More Like Open Pockets.

I’ve been writing a lot lately about how healthcare is impervious to change. Nothing you throw at this… Read More

By David Burda July 16, 2025

Economics

The Big Fix: Clear Thinking for a Healthier Future

America’s healthcare system isn’t broken. It’s doing exactly what it was designed to do: maximize revenue within a… Read More

By David W. Johnson July 15, 2025

Tired of Waiting

A funny thing happens when you get older. You become significantly less willing to wait. For a drink… Read More

By David Burda July 9, 2025

Podcast: Who Will Feel the Impact of the Budget Bill? 7/3/25

Republicans lit the fuse and will run away. How should the healthcare market prepare for the blast? We… Read More

By David Burda July 3, 2025

Policy

Why National Health Expenditures Keep Rising

When actuaries from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) release their annual historic and projected figures… Read More

By David Burda July 2, 2025

Outcomes

Burda on Healthcare: The Stories — and Unpaid Medical Bills — Are Forever

My mom legally died on March 30, 2025. She actually died on March 29, 2025, a little after… Read More

By David Burda July 1, 2025

Consumerism, Revenue Cycle and U.S. Healthcare

A Three-Part Series Commentary 1: “Consumerism Introduces Itself to U.S. Healthcare Commentary 2: Revenue Cycle Dystopia: Olives with No… Read More

By David W. Johnson June 24, 2025

System Dynamics