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Putting The Consumer At The Center Of Healthcare
We need better educated healthcare consumers who need to make better choices to impact their own health outcomes.
Covid-19, Clinician Burnout, And The Healthcare Business Model: How They’re Connected
A fresh perspective that sees the world of healthcare in a fundamentally different way is what’s required. But it’s also important to recognize that the problem of staffing shortages and burnout among healthcare workers that is front and center during …
The 2020 Prediction That Holds True Despite This Year’s Surprises
This time last year, the previous 12 months of innovation from outside-sector innovators made clear that 2020 would be, “the most disruptive year in healthcare since the passage of the Affordable Care Act.” That statement couldn’t have proved to be tru…
Physicians Feeling Squeezed Are Uniquely Positioned To Drive Market-Based Change
In many ways, physicians are the foundation on which our healthcare system relies. But the faulty fee-for-service foundation on which physician practices and healthcare systems have been built leaves not only physicians, but the rest of the healthcare …
Covid-Induced Hospital Consolidation: What Are The Impacts On Consumers, And Potentially The President
Research shows that wherever market concentration is high, there are also higher prices for both consumers and the employers who provide their healthcare coverage. In the absence of competition, costs increase and quality deteriorates. That’s the oppos…
The Next President Needs A Broader Focus And A Better Model To Fix Healthcare
Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden agree that healthcare costs are a problem that must be mitigated. Their understanding that this is a top priority for voters is spot on. What misses the mark are the areas they’re targeting to do so.
Retail Healthcare’s Covid-Fueled Rise Could Be Legacy Providers’ Fall
Thirty-five percent of respondents to a recent PBS NewsHour-Marist poll said they think America’s healthcare system is below average compared to the rest of the world, and two-thirds are now willing to use telemedicine for future healthcare needs.
Telehealth Is Here To Stay. Are The Providers Who Refuse To Embrace It?
Telehealth was a lifeline for patients and providers in the wake of offices shut down and direct in-person visits eliminated. And now that patients have experienced a world of office-free appointments, Covid-19’s departure will not put the genie back i…
A Case Against Bailouts For Hospitals
Hospital operating margins have been inherently unstable for decades. Built upon a fee-for-service foundation, they’ve been wholly dependent on volume over value. And the Covid-19 pandemic has shown that the potential for loss in fee-for-service is bot…
Drug Pricing Executive Order: Will Consumers Get The Reforms They Need?
The fact of the matter is that the drug prices people experience at the pharmacy counter only make up a relatively small percent (11-15%) of the country’s total healthcare spending. Most of our healthcare spending is on something else.
