The Keckley Report

The value agenda in U.S. healthcare is transitioning to version 3.0. While the aim of replacing fee-for-service incentives remains the same, the next version will be decidedly different. Value Agenda…

January is almost in the books. It closes as Covid-19 hospitalizations slow in the U.S and the rolling 7-day average of daily deaths, a lag indicator, continues to rise. The…

“As 2022 begins, every healthcare operator, investor and regulator is calibrating adjustments to the omicron pandemic, inflation, political dysfunction and influx of private investment in the health system. What’s also needed…

The 40th Annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference the second week of January was a virtual event for the second year in a row. It’s the perennial Woodstock where healthcare investors…

The plight of hospitals during the omicron pandemic is prominent in news coverage. Workforce shortages and bed capacity issues grab headlines, especially in regions where the omicron wave is surging….

Effective last Sunday, the No Surprises Act (NSA) passed by Congress in December 2020, became law. It protects consumers against surprise bills from out-of-network hospitals and physicians which apply to…

Private equity’s impact in healthcare delivery accelerated during the pandemic. Next year, it’s likely to continue with profound implications for traditional providers. The facts are these: Market Conditions in 2022…

Medical care services- one of two components of the Medical Care Index in the United States- increased 2.1% for the 12 months ending November 2021, after rising 3.2% in 2020…

This week, more than 800 will assemble in San Diego for America’s Physician Group’s (APG) 2021 Annual Conference. The group’s 335 member organizations seek to replace “the antiquated, dysfunctional fee-for-service…

The STAT headline last Tuesday read: “How America’s largest Catholic hospital system is moonlighting as a private equity firm” The news organization’s investigation involved “interviews with nearly two dozen academic…