Jordan Roberts wrote a two-part series this week on the impact COVID-19 has had on the supply and demand of health care. In part one, Roberts discussed how this affected…
In part one of this research update series on supply and demand shocks in health care, I used a study from FAIR Health regarding hospital revenue and utilization to examine…
Paperwork. Paperwork. And more paperwork. Turns out doctors are buried in it, as Bruce Lee explains at forbes.com. Led by Christine Sinsky, MD, at the American Medical Association, the study followed 57…
“Physician happiness is inversely proportional to the amount of bureaucratic drag on their lives,” says Dr. Doug Farrago. Farrago, a “recovering” hospital-employed physician, was one of many speakers to address…
Direct primary care is a good idea, an alternative to red tape/bureaucracy nightmare of some health insurance. Katherine has explained that it supports a doctor/patient bond, Dan has reported that…
View in your browser. The excessive amount of government intervention that has been entrenched in our nation’s health care system is curiously pushing medical providers to channel this negative energy…
Hadley Health Manning, Director of Health Policy for Independent Women’s Forum, lays out the facts in Forbes. Obamacare has sped up consolidation, but other bureaucratic expansions of government’s role in health…
Dr. David A Stein, a pediatrician whose private practice is located in Burlington, NC, offers insight as to how Obamacare intends to increase access to health care, yet reality tells a…
View in your browser. This week marks the first annual Healthcare Solutions Week — where public policy think tanks nationwide are raising awareness about how market-based principles can reduce health…
In the latest episode of our drama, the good hospital MedWest has acquired its seventeenth partner practice, a “multi-specialty” outfit of a dozen physicians. According to Steve Heatherly, CEO of…
Dr. Brian Forrest of Apex is gaining national attention for his medical practice. He doesn’t accept insurance and he posts a price list for services in his waiting room. He’s…