The Keckley Report

In a letter to Vice President Pence and House Speaker Pelosi last week, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission conveyed its annual report to Congress: “Medicare and the Health Care Delivery…

Last weekend, Susan Bailey, M.D., an allergist and immunologist from Fort Worth, Texas, was sworn in as the 175th President of the American Medical Association (AMA) at its virtual House…

According to the American Hospital Association, 57% of the 5198 non-federal, short-term community hospitals in the U.S. operate as private, nonprofit organizations. 25% operate as for-profit and 19% are owned…

On March 14, Surgeon General Jerome Adams urged a widespread halt of hospital elective procedures amid mounting concern that the health system did not have enough beds to manage a…

I’m sure many of you- like me- have spent some extra time over the long weekend digesting the latest headlines and industry news, trying to make sense of what it…

The coronavirus has exposed major flaws in the U.S. health system: our lack of pandemic preparedness and the vulnerability of our entire economy are now apparent to all. On Friday,…

This morning, Covid-19 deaths reached 79,528 in the U.S. and 282,872 globally. They’re staggering numbers none imagined. Each day, media reports this death tally and spotlights the heroics of our…

This week, 31 states will re-open parts of their economies. Daily Coronavirus briefings by governors and federal officials will be shorter and audiences smaller. The possibility of a second surge,…

On March 18, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recommended cancellation of non-essential procedures “to conserve critical resources such as ventilators and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), while limiting…

Across the U.S. health industry, the Covid-19 virus has wreaked havoc. Though infection rates appear to be decreasing in some areas, we’re far from being out of the woods. As…