Healthcare Musings For March 15, 2024

Healthcare Musings For March 15, 2024

March 15, 2024 Dear Interested Readers,   Income From Quality   In the early years of this century after the near failure of Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, there were very active conversations in Massachusetts about the cost, quality, and access to healthcare...
Healthcare Musings For March 1, 2024

Healthcare Musings For March 1, 2024

March 1, 2024 Dear Interested Readers,   Quality Defined Us   I have gained a new perspective on how to structure what remains of the story of the development of my medical-moral sensibilities. The story up till now has been mostly delivered in chronological...
Healthcare Musings For December 8, 2023

Healthcare Musings For December 8, 2023

December 8, 2023 Dear Interested Readers,   Random Thoughts In Response To Our Collective Angst   Things could get much worse, but the question in my mind is whether or not they will get better. Before launching into my complaints and concerns, I should own...
Healthcare Musings For October 6, 2023

Healthcare Musings For October 6, 2023

October 6, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Evolution of Ideas and the Environment   As I pick up my story this week, I am among the many who are shaking their head in dismay over what has happened to Speaker Kevin McCarthy amid the disharmony in the House of...
Healthcare Musings For June 16, 2023

Healthcare Musings For June 16, 2023

June 16, 2023  Dear Interested Readers,   What Is Behind the Proposed Kaiser/ Geisinger Deal?   You might have heard that Kaiser is buying Geisinger. I have always held both organizations in high regard. While I was leading Atrius Health and Harvard Vanguard...