The Keckley Report

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…

Last Thursday, the House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform Committee heard testimony from 2 former members of Purdue Pharma’s board, David and Kathe Sackler and Craig Landau, the Chief…

Alternative payment models (APMs) have been the mechanisms whereby Medicare officials have tested ways to reduce unnecessary spending without compromising quality and safety for patients. They’re deemed ‘alternative’ by CMS…

Last Wednesday, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) advised members of the Senate Finance and Judiciary Committees to take a fresh look at tax laws governing non-profit hospitals. Prompted…

The healthcare agenda for the Biden administration will be set by six events in the next 51 days before the inauguration January 20: 1. DECEMBER 11 GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN The federal…

Last week, Moderna joined Pfizer in announcing promising results of their messenger RNA vaccines and their intent to file for emergency use authorization with the FDA within days. A third…

There are 6146 hospitals in the United States of which 5198 are classified as community hospitals. They employ 7.8 million including 35% of the nation’s physicians. A fourth are owned…