The Keckley Report

Last week, Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert Kennedy and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Director Mehmet Oz announced appointments to the new Healthcare Advisory Committee…

Hospitals represent 31% of total health spending in the U.S. They directly employ 52% of the nation’s 1.1 million physicians and 44% of the 18 million in the healthcare workforce….

Of  industries monitored in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ industry classifications (NAICS), healthcare is unique: its business model is based on business to business (B2B) transactions between suppliers (drugs, devices,…

Last week, the war in Iran intensified and Kristi Noem’s tenure as DHS Secretary came to an unceremonious close. Perhaps lost in the noise was the February jobs report issued…

40 minutes into the 108-minute State of the Union address Tuesday night, the President laid out his healthcare policy priorities for 2026 and after: Increased focus on price transparency (building…

On December 10, I had quadruple bypass surgery at Mission Hospital (MH), the HCA Healthcare facility in Asheville NC. It was necessary due to significant blockage (95%) and counsel from…

Last week, the Federal Government released agency reports that paint a perplexing picture for the health industry entering 2026: Tuesday, The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX…

Last week, Congress passed and the President signed a $1.21 trillion federal spending package that provides full-year funding for the federal government through September, 2026. It included 5 separate appropriations…

Last Tuesday, HCA, the largest investor-owned hospital system, released their Q4 2025 and year-end earnings and they’re impressive. The 190-hospital system reported: Net income of $6.8 billion in 2025, a…

As media attention focused on Minneapolis, Greenland and Venezuela last week, the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) released its 2024 Health Expenditures report Thursday: the headline was “Health…