Just published actuarial analysis from Deloitte predicts that health care spending in the U.S. over the next twenty years will be $3.5 trillion less than Medicare predicted before the COVID-19 crisis. Their analysis points toward a U.S. Healthcare industry that’s more focused on preventative care, more efficient, more transparent, more...
The 2021 JP Morgan Healthcare Conference was conducted virtually this year due to the pandemic. But it continued to attract high-level executives from the across the healthcare ecosystem. Health System and hospital leaders shared the lessons learned from their COVID experiences and the importance of “not letting a good crisis go to waste” as...
In 2018, corporate giants Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan announced the launch of Haven, a joint venture to disrupt healthcare by making it more affordable and accessible. Initially hailed by industry experts and financial markets as a game-changing force for transformation, the disruption Haven promised has been rendered irrelevant by...
In the week between the Christmas and New Year holidays, the U.S. Congress took bipartisan action to include the regulation of surprise medical bills in its massive government funding and pandemic stimulus bill. Similar legislation failed to survive the resistance of interest groups a year ago, but recent events have triggered widening support...
The online retail and web services giant continues to broaden its capabilities in the $3 Trillion dollar healthcare industry. Its unrivaled success at disrupting vulnerable industries with superior performance and customer-centered experiences should be a warning sign to hospitals and healthcare systems who are not yet planning to compete...
COVID-19 has accelerated and expanded the plans of nationwide retail organizations intent on wooing healthcare consumers with greater convenience, better access, lower prices and a more customer-centered experience. Health systems and hospitals planning to resume growing after the pandemic will have to adjust to counter the competitive threat...
Recently updated healthcare industry research affirms the eroding financial performance of healthcare providers as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. But innovation inspired or accelerated by the crisis has set the stage for a more patient-centered reimagining of healthcare in America, especially as it applies to consumer choice and payment.
Health system and hospital financial performance began to rebound in Q3 as volumes recovered from Q2’s suspension of elective or nonessential services. But with COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations now hitting all-time highs across the country, Healthcare is looking to the incoming administration for a coordinated federal response to the...
The heroic efforts of health systems and hospitals to respond to the pandemic have accelerated innovation that will affect healthcare forever. As traditional healthcare providers emerge from the COVID-19 crisis into the New Health Economy, will they be prepared to do battle for healthcare consumers (and the dollars they direct) against a...
Amidst the barrage of events profoundly affecting Americans in 2020, it can be difficult to envision what “normal” will look like when the crisis and election turmoil have passed. For healthcare, however, the signs are clear - and although the changes may not end up being as dramatic as some may have wanted (or feared), the economics of care...
