For hospital boards and management, their affiliated and employed physicians, employees and suppliers, these are uncertain times. But that’s not new. In the 1980’s, as the Prospective Payment System was…
Last week, the nominee to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Seema Verma testified before the Senate Finance Committee. She conveyed a message akin to that of her…
This year, news about healthcare reform will be prominent and the role journalists play in filtering what’s covered will play a huge role in the outcome. The combination of our…
What Healthcare and the NFL Have in Common The National Football League is among the greatest success stories of American enterprise. Founded in 1920 as the American Football League with…
Public understanding about how our health system operates is woefully low: surveys show only one in five adults has functional knowledge about how to choose a physician, hospital or insurance…