The Keckley Report

The pandemic has compromised the long-term sustainability of hospitals. Insurers are coming through stronger. Ditto for drug manufacturers and their distributors and retailers. But hospitals have lost ground: the old…

With last week’s passage of budget reconciliation bills in both the House and Senate, the stage is set for passage of the President Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan along…

January 2021 was a watershed month for U.S. healthcare: it sets the stage for what’s ahead for the rest of the year. As 2020 ended, the pandemic and its economic…

Week one of the Biden-Harris administration offers clear signals to the healthcare industry about its plans and what’s ahead: EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND DIRECTIVES In the first 72 hours of the…

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…