The Keckley Report

This week, some will be watching reports from the Commerce and Labor Departments for a sense of the economy’s near-term future. Some will be paying attention to Fed Chair Jerome…

Last week was a week for big announcements in healthcare: Amazon closed its $3.9 billion acquisition of primary care company One Medical. UnitedHealth Group (UHG) closed its $5.4B acquisition of…

Last Wednesday, North Carolina Treasurer Dale Folwell released a report alleging 9 prominent North Carolina health systems overpaid their CEOs more than $1.75 billion from 2010 to 2021. Report excerpts:…

Last Tuesday in the President’s 73-minute State of the Union (SOTU) Address, the sustainability of Medicare was elevated to the evening’s highlight reel as a result of this exchange: “Instead…

Wave One of the Value Based Care environment was marginally effective: CMS’ alternative payment models showed promise but savings to Medicare fell short of expectations per MedPAC. Medicare Advantage enrollment…

This week, 100 of the Fortune 500 will report earnings for 2022 and heightened attention will be on four tech giants–Apple Inc., (AAPL);  Amazon (AMZN) Meta Platforms Inc.(META)  and Alphabet…

In its latest assessment of the U.S. physician workforce, the venerable Association of Academic Medical Centers (AAMC) projects a shortage of between 17,800 and 48,000 primary care physicians by 2034….

Last Thursday, NBC News reported that HCA Healthcare, the nation’s second biggest hospital operator, was guilty of nurse under-staffing at Asheville NC Mission Hospital endangering patient care. The 182- hospital…

Blistering attacks on hospitals were a staple in media coverage in 2022. Comparatively, health insurers escaped unscathed. There was isolated coverage about the insurtech financial challenges (i.e., Oscar, Bright Health,…

2022 was an unanticipated tsunami for every sector in the U.S. health system. The economy stalled. Inflation raged. Demand recovered. Hourly wages went up but household financial liquidity went down….