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Policy
Does Your Physician Look Like You?
I had my first visit with a new doctor a week ago. When he walked into the exam… Read More
By August 6, 2025
Outcomes
Prior Authorization Is About Payments, Not Patients
I’ve said this before, and it probably doesn’t bear repeating. But for some reason, I end up writing… Read More
By July 30, 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 July 2, 2025
Economics
The Healthcare Workforce Is Back. Was it Ever Gone? Will It Ever Go Away?
A new study is out that demonstrates once again that nothing, not even a deadly pandemic, can stop… Read More
By June 18, 2025
Economics
Three Physician Practice Ownership Trends to Watch
My favorite biennial healthcare report is out, and as always, it never fails to disappoint from a news… Read More
By June 4, 2025
Outcomes
Et Tu, Outpatient Coders?
Hospitals and doctors engage in their own version of upselling. It’s called upcoding. It’s when they assign billing… Read More
By May 28, 2025
System Dynamics
Gas Stations and Hospital Prices
I drive through the intersection of Butterfield Road and Spring Road in Elmhurst, Illinois, all the time. It’s… Read More
By May 21, 2025
Outcomes
Who Owns Rural Medicine?
More than five years ago in this weekly blog post, “Which Way Will the Private Equity Pendulum Swing… Read More
By April 16, 2025
Consumerism
Pay as You Portal
Time is money. Even in healthcare. Which shouldn’t be a surprise because healthcare is no different from other… Read More
By April 9, 2025
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