by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jun 16, 2023 | American Medical Association, capitation, Consolidation in healthcare, Dr. Robert Pearl, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Geisinger Health, Kaiser Health, The Triple Aim
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...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 26, 2023 | ACA, AI in healthcare, Denial nurse, Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, healthcare disparities, Inequality, out of pocket healthcare costs, Politics and Healthcare, Social Determinants of Health, The Debt Ceiling Crisis
May 26, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal published a column last week in The Washington Post entitled “Denials of health-insurance claims are rising — and getting weirder.” Her article caught my eye because it was reprinted in my...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 31, 2023 | A story from my life, Burnout, Career development, COVID stress on hospital resources, doctor shortage, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Match Day, Primary Care Challenges, Professional Satisfaction, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
March 31, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, There Are Big Problems In the Pipeline For New Doctors It’s been a long time since “Match Day 1971,” and I don’t remember the scene as well as I remember the emotions. I was delighted to learn that I had...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Mar 10, 2023 | A story from my life, Adaptive Change, Atrium Health, Consolidation in healthcare, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Health in America, Healthcare in Rural America, improving the delivery of care, Medical Professionalism, Primary Care, the difficulties of change, Wisconsin Health Atlas
March 10, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Musing About How Things Have Changed and Hopefully Will Continue To Change My wife and I have just returned from a trip to my mother’s hometown in North Carolina where I spent many happy summer days as a child. Our trip...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Jan 27, 2023 | 2022 midterm elections, 2024 elections, ACA, Consolidation in healthcare, COVID, Dartmouth Health, Dr. Robert Ebert, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Healthcare in Rural America, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, patient centered care, Social Determinants of Health, Staffing issues in rural healthcare, Value Based Reimbursement
January 27, 2023 Dear Interested Readers, Financial Troubles, Workforce Concerns, Access Issues, and Concerns For Quality of Care One of my biggest post-pandemic surprises is that healthcare has moved down, not up, on the cascade of concerns that worry...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Sep 16, 2022 | 2022 midterm elections, ACOs, Burnout, Dartmouth Health, Dean Robert Ebert, Equity, Featured Post, Fee for service payment, Future of Heathcare, Global Warming, Harvard Community Health Plan, Healthcare equity, improving the delivery of care, Innovation in Healthcare, Medicare For All, Primary Care Challenges, Primary Day in New Hampshire, rural healthcare, The Triple Aim, Value Based Reimbursement, Workforce Shortages in Healthcare
September 16, 2022 Dear Interested Readers, Rethinking How We Deliver Care In last week’s letter, I tried to describe the disappointments and controversies currently associated with ACOs. Like a serialized Netflix presentation I want to begin by...
