by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 2, 2017 | ACA, AHCA, Featured Post, Healthcare Policy, Repeal and Replace, The Triple Aim
It may seem strange to you, but each time I hear that the president and the Republican leadership are making an effort to resuscitate their attempt at repealing and replacing the ACA, I immediately think of the surprising last scene from “Fatal Attraction,” the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 18, 2017 | ACO, AHCA, Era 3: the moral era, Featured Post, Healthcare Policy, Healthcare Transformation, Lean, Quadruple Aim, the healthcare debate
In a recent essay Michael Dowling, the CEO of Northwell, the massive health system with 21 hospitals in metropolitan New York and Long Island, points out that the most frustrating aspect of the current healthcare debate is that “it is ideological and not practical.”...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Apr 4, 2017 | ACA, AHCA, Costs, Featured Post, Healthcare Quality, Healthcare Transformation, Quadruple Aim, The Triple Aim
The failure of the president and House Republicans to launch a credible process to “repeal and replace” the ACA creates a moment of opportunity for those who would like to contribute to the search for a better future state for healthcare. The challenge of providing...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 28, 2017 | ACA, Featured Post, Healthcare Policy, Medicaid Reform, Presidential Politics, Repeal and Replace, The Triple Aim
This last week Congress has been recessed for the Presidents’ Day holiday week. Paul Ryan accurately anticipated that many of Republican members of Congress would be having town meetings with their constituents and would face angry voters who wanted to talk down the...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 7, 2017 | ACA, ACO, Burnout, Costs, Featured Post, Healthcare Transformation, Medicaid Reform, Medicare Reform, Presidential Politics, Repeal and Replace, Resources, Strategy, The Triple Aim
There is no challenge like the challenge of creating a strategic plan in uncertain times. What do you do when you do not know what to do? That is a question that frequently challenges leaders. Over eight years ago, after Lehman Brothers had failed and the value of the...