Category Archives: Government Taxes

In Matching Supply to Demand: Addressing the U.S. Primary Care Workforce Shortage, the National Institute for Health Care Reform observes that the primary care workforce expansion components of the Affordable Care Act will not be sufficient to meet demand. The … Continue reading →

Healthcare is costly, especially on an inpatient basis, which is why it is not surprising that an established and growing trend has been the development of outpatient centers. According to a Healthcare Financial Management Association article, community hospitals gross outpatient … Continue reading →

The number of new prescription drug shortages in 2011 shot up to 267 causing both concerns over patient care, and unwarranted cost increases. We have been blogging about these shortages since early last year and the problems continue even as … Continue reading →

Should we just hand uninsured adult diabetics $1000 per year rather than enrolling them in Medicaid? That’s the question I’m left with after reading Medicaid Expansion Under Health Reform May Increase Service Use and Improve Access for Low-Income Adults With … Continue reading →

Recently, I came across Deloitte’s 2011 Survey of Health Care Consumers and as a Deloitte alumnus, I enjoyed seeing how the firm is tracking industry changes from the eyes of a patient. No sticky read more

Every day the national healthcare workforce comes face to face with grim realities manifesting from much larger systemic issues. Occasionally these matters receive media attention and, subsequently, the attention of the general public, which uses its collective power to sway … Continue reading →

Every day the national healthcare workforce comes face to face with grim realities manifesting from much larger systemic issues. Occasionally these matters receive media attention and, subsequently, the attention of the general public, which uses its collective power to sway … Continue reading →

There are at least two conversations going on in the health care marketplace today, each focused on one of two key questions. One is: How can we achieve the Triple Aim? The other is: Why do they get to do … Continue reading →

There are at least two conversations going on in the health care marketplace today, each focused on one of two key questions. One is: How can we achieve the Triple Aim? The other is: Why do they get to do … Continue reading →

In a recent blog post, I discussed a growing trend in patient choice of healthcare providers being based on the cost of services. This has become most apparent in the willingness of private health insurers to provide the insured with provider … Continue reading →