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Rebate Madness: Branded Drug Pricing Goes Rogue
Like hospitals that optimize revenues through complex assignment of charges, discounts and subsidies, aligned pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)… Read More
By June 15, 2016
Consumerism
Let’s Talk: Constructive End-of-Life Decision-Making
At Jeff Shield’s memorial service, Genie Shields proclaimed that her husband’s death has been a “gift,” one that… Read More
By April 26, 2016
Outcomes
FTC Chasing the Wrong Healthcare Villain in Chicago
Last December the Federal Trade Commission sued to block the proposed merger between Advocate Health Care and NorthShore… Read More
By April 18, 2016
Consumerism
New Rules: Accountable Care Changes Everything
People go to Las Vegas to let loose, take in the shows and have fun but mostly to… Read More
By April 6, 2016
Outcomes
Rethinking Healthcare.Gov: As Covered California Goes, So Goes Nation?
Rethinking Healthcare.Gov: As Covered California Goes, So Goes Nation? The 17 state-run healthcare exchanges are real-life “laboratories” for… Read More
By April 5, 2016
Uncategorized
Now You See It…. The Unreliability of Government Student Loan Forgiveness
Each October, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) publishes its “Debt, Costs and Loan Repayment Fact Card”…. Read More
By March 15, 2016
Consumerism
Two Runners, Two Countries, Two Emergencies: You Decide
For over a decade I’ve plodded up and down the Chicago lakefront with the same group of idiotic… Read More
By March 8, 2016
Innovation
Misdirected Fury: The Boston Globe “Spotlights” Concurrent Surgeries
Market Corner Commentary for March 2, 2016: Misdirected Fury: The Boston Globe “Spotlights” Concurrent Surgeries At Sunday night’s 88th… Read More
By March 1, 2016
Consumerism
Healthcare’s Productivity Paradox: Ferocious Exploitation of Reimbursed Payment
Market Corner Commentary for February 17, 2016-Healthcare’s Productivity Paradox: Ferocious Exploitation of Reimbursed Payment Las Vegas is a… Read More
By February 16, 2016
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