Saturday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package by a 219 to 212 vote along party lines. The American Rescue Plan now goes to the…
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The consolidation of hospitals looms large in the public debate about the future of the U.S. health delivery system. The Biden administration has pledged a full review to determine if…
The pandemic has compromised the long-term sustainability of hospitals. Insurers are coming through stronger. Ditto for drug manufacturers and their distributors and retailers. But hospitals have lost ground: the old…
With last week’s passage of budget reconciliation bills in both the House and Senate, the stage is set for passage of the President Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan along…
January 2021 was a watershed month for U.S. healthcare: it sets the stage for what’s ahead for the rest of the year. As 2020 ended, the pandemic and its economic…
Week one of the Biden-Harris administration offers clear signals to the healthcare industry about its plans and what’s ahead: EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND DIRECTIVES In the first 72 hours of the…
Last Wednesday, the venerable New England Journal of Medicine published “CMS Innovation Center at 10 Years — Progress and Lessons Learned” authored by Brad Smith, the Director of the Center…
Last Sunday, Haven Healthcare, the highly touted joint venture between Amazon, JP Morgan and Berkshire Hathaway that promised to change healthcare “free from profit-making incentives and constraints” announced its shutting…
Happy New Year! According to YouGov’s survey of 1500 adults last month, the most popular New Year’s resolutions for 2021 include doing more exercise (50%), losing weight (48%), saving more…
The healthcare industry in 2021 and beyond is permanently changed as a result of the global pandemic. For the U.S. health system, 2020 saw six major shifts that set the…
