Bench to bedside — and back to bench again
Moving the needle from intuitive medicine (the treatment of symptoms) to precision medicine (the treatment of causes) is the critical innovation that will make curing […]
Moving the needle from intuitive medicine (the treatment of symptoms) to precision medicine (the treatment of causes) is the critical innovation that will make curing […]
Mar 20, 2015
Once again, the fate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is on the line. The Supreme Court is currently hearing oral arguments in the King […]
Mar 13, 2015
Primary care physicians (PCPs) face tremendous pressures along the frontlines of the US health care system. Amid escalating warnings from the AMA and others about […]
Mar 10, 2015
View image | gettyimages.com Last month, news broke that nearly 200 patients at Reagan UCLA Medical Center had been exposed to a deadly bacterium because […]
Mar 2, 2015
High-deductible insurance and health savings accounts (HDI/HSA) are on the rise. Industry experts forecast that 4 out of 5 large employers will offer their employees […]
Feb 11, 2015
A recent 60 Minutes report on the soaring cost of cancer drugs has gotten plenty of attention. While it is difficult to argue against the […]
Nov 25, 2014
A recent survey of 39 health plans conducted by Catalyst for Payment Reform reported that more health care providers are becoming comfortable with incentive-based capitation […]
Nov 19, 2014
In recent months, several healthcare providers and payers have announced their plans to create integrated provider-payer entities. These mergers are generally introduced as ways to […]
Nov 13, 2014
Over the next few days, health care leaders and practitioners from across the U.S. will meet at the National Council for Behavioral Health’s annual conference […]
May 5, 2014
Devin Bean, a research assistant at the Clayton Christensen Institute, and I coauthored this piece. One thing the health care industry should admire about Wall Street capitalists […]
Dec 13, 2013