Category: System Dynamics

Code Red (Part 1): Payment Complexity is the Root of All Healthcare Evils

This is Part 1 of “Code Red,” in which the author describes the overly complex and counter-productive coding… Read More

By Michael D. Connelly June 20, 2023

The Medical Debt Pyramid Scheme

I like to gamble. My favorite game of chance is craps, and my favorite place to play craps… Read More

By David Burda June 14, 2023

Podcast: Should Nurses Stay or Should They Go? 6/8/23

Two new reports offer a fresh perspective on why the industry is experiencing a nursing shortage. Are employers… Read More

By David Burda June 8, 2023

Healthcare Savings — Lies and Punchlines

Healthcare executives always lie about why they did what they did, whether what they did is a merger,… Read More

By David Burda June 7, 2023

Economics

Burda on Healthcare: Cry Poor and Prosper

If Compensation Is a Sign of an Industry’s Health, Healthcare Is Immortal. When I was a cub healthcare… Read More

By David Burda June 6, 2023

How Big is the Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) Business? You Tell Us.

In November 2022, I published an article in HFM Magazine with the provocative title “Rewiring Healthcare’s Smartest Professionals… Read More

By David W. Johnson May 30, 2023

Podcast: Where Did Your Protected Health Information Go? 5/25/23

If it was stolen from your digital health app or connected medical device, the FTC has an answer… Read More

By David Burda May 25, 2023

3 Things We Lose When AI-Powered Chatbots Answer Our Medical Questions

I’ve never used a dating app — not even to research a story — but based on ads… Read More

By David Burda May 24, 2023

Economics

Hospital-Based Cardiologists Are Putting More Than Just Their Hearts Into It

Thirty or so years ago, I experienced chest pain after doing some strenuous yard work. I was using… Read More

By David Burda May 17, 2023

System Dynamics