Healthcare Musings For September 9, 2022

Healthcare Musings For September 9, 2022

September 9, 2022 Dear Interested Readers,   Musing About ACO Disappointments   This week I have been thinking, or more accurately “musing,”  about the current status of ACOs. “Musing” seems to me to be a word that has more depth and feeling than “thinking”,...
Healthcare Musings For February 26, 2021

Healthcare Musings For February 26, 2021

  February 26, 2021 Dear Interested Readers,   Can We Balance Regulatory and Competitive Approaches to Promoting a High Performing Health System?   This is the sixth and final installment of my review of the report of the Commonwealth Fund’s task force...
Are Consolidation, Competition, and Innovation the Answer? Part 1

Are Consolidation, Competition, and Innovation the Answer? Part 1

Are systems consolidation, competition and innovation the triple play that will deliver quality care for everyone at a sustainable cost? Perhaps before we try to answer that question we should avail ourselves of the lessons learned over the efforts of the last fifty...