This week, the national media spotlight will be on Glasgow for COP26—the 26th UN Climate Change Conference and expected votes on the President’s $1.2 trillion Infrastructure and scaled back $1.75…
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For the past three months, Congress has been paralyzed by partisan bickering with few issues garnering bipartisan favor. Despite voter majority support for drug price containment, constraints on Big Tech…
While vaccine mandates and the advisability of boosters and its devastating impact on the healthcare workforce dominate media attention, opportunists with deep pockets outside traditional health delivery have taken advantage…
As healthcare leaders and Boards consider strategies for post-pandemic growth and sustainability, four environmental issues pose unprecedented challenges: 1. Workforce Shortages The healthcare industry’s labor shortage is not simply the…
Last Tuesday, I moderated a panel about the ‘The Future of Health Policy: A Candid Discussion’ at Modern Healthcare’s Leadership Symposium in Scottsdale. My panelists represent four of the most…
Last week, Kaufman, Hall and Associates released its outlook for hospital finances for the rest of 2021. Highlights of its analysis include: Hospitals will lose about $54 billion in net…
Friday, an FDA advisory panel recommended booster doses of Covid-19 vaccine only for older (65+) and high-risk Americans. This week, medical experts who advise the Centers for Disease Control and…
In its September 7 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, the American College of Physicians issued a strongly worded position paper recommending regulatory actions to limit the role of…
Last Tuesday, the Medicare Trustees* released the 56th annual report to Congress on the fiscal status of the program that serves 62.6-million Americans and represents 20% of total federal spending–$925.8…
The landscape for physicians was changing before the pandemic. It’s likely to change even more with some gaining advantage. Here’s why: 1. The Replacement of Fee-for-Service Payments to Physicians and…
