The Keckley Report

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…

In the current issue of Health Affairs, MedPAC chairman and Harvard Med School policy guru Michael Chernow and colleagues took on the wonky concept that lower payments by Medicare and…

In a Health Affairs blog posted last Thursday, leaders of CMS laid out plans for the agency’s approach to value-based care and the role its innovation center (CMMI) will play….

Last Tuesday, the Commonwealth Fund released “Mirror, Mirror 2021: Reflecting Poorly: Health Care in the U.S. Compared to Other High-Income Countries.” It’s the Fourth in its Mirror, Mirror series (2010,…

The Delta variant’s impact on the health system, the economy and the psyche of America has been chilling. Since July 1: Cases and hospitalizations have soared: both hit six-month peaks…

Last week, the American Hospital Association Board approved this Policy Statement on Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination of Health Care Personnel: “To protect all patients, communities and personnel from the known and…