The Keckley Report

The private health insurance industry is complicated, controversial and misunderstood.  And with health costs going up and coverage shifting from private employers to individuals, Medicare and Medicaid, it might be…

Last Sunday evening, On April 9, 2017, David A. D. Dao, a 69-year-old Kentucky physician, was a passenger on United Express Flight No. 3411, scheduled to fly from Chicago, O’Hare…

Over the past decade, the number of hospital mergers has doubled from 50-60 annually to more than 100 the past few years. In the same period, the number of hospitals…

The value proposition for medical education needs attention. For the nation’s 147 academic medical centers and 400 teaching hospitals, the path forward is dicey.  For teaching hospitals that host residencies,…

As pundits and politicos do their post-mortem on the failure of the GOP to pass their American Health Care Act last week, attention will shift back to the Affordable Care…

This Thursday, March 23, marks the seventh anniversary of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). It also marks the date the House will vote on…

The political posturing surrounding the release of the Congressional Budget Office assessment of the American Health Care Act’s (AHCA) impact on costs and coverage began even before its release Monday….

Last Monday, as promised, House Speaker Paul Ryan fulfilled his pledge to offer up the GOP’s plan to replace the Affordable Care Act.  In reality, America’s Health Care Act (AHCA)…

Last week, President Trump told reporters that efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) were hampered by the complexity of the industry itself. He shares that view…

For hospital boards and management, their affiliated and employed physicians, employees and suppliers, these are uncertain times. But that’s not new. In the 1980’s, as the Prospective Payment System was…