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Economics
After the Breakups: Big Payers Find Vertical Love in New Faces
In rapid succession at the end of 2018, CVS closed its $70 billion acquisition of Aetna and Cigna… Read More
By and January 29, 2019
Innovation
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 January 23, 2019
Consumerism
When the Price Is Right: Aligning Payment with Health System Transformation
In 1952 at the tender age of 25, Elizabeth became the Queen of England upon the death of… Read More
By and January 15, 2019
Innovation
Getting Precise about Precision Medicine: Balancing Hope, Potential and Cost
Definitions of precision medicine are anything but precise. For seriously ill patients and their families, precision medicine therapies… Read More
By and January 8, 2019
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 December 19, 2018
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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 December 17, 2018
Innovation
Frontline Decisions in Real Time: What Health Systems Can Learn from the U.S. Military’s Defeat of Al Qaeda in Iraq
“The teams were operating independently—like workers in an efficient factory—while trying to keep pace with an interdependent environment…. Read More
By and December 12, 2018
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Innovation
Reader Response: Creating a “Freedom Platform” for Health Data
Dave, your article is nothing if not provocative and insightful.  What does it mean for health data to… Read More
By December 6, 2018
Consumerism
Man or Corporate Culture: Who Has More Power to Disrupt Healthcare? – Burda on Healthcare
We’re at a branch point in healthcare’s evolution. We’ll learn soon whether disruptive innovation is the product of… Read More
By November 28, 2018
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