Hospitals need to overhaul their processes so they can help the un- and under-insured stay healthy. Many people running health care institutions tell me that they have been fighting the fight, learning to be nimble, transforming their cultures, making big changes as...
If you don’t have a structured way of driving your choices through the four Ts — transparency, targeting, trust, and trim — you’re headed for T as in trouble. These four key dimensions have two things in common. One is trivial: They all start with T. The other is...
I’ve been saying it for years (and in 3D and Technicolor in my new book Healthcare Beyond Reform): The Standard Model of Healthcare (the traditional unmodified fee-for-service, commodified, defined-benefit payment system) is broken and doomed. It’s...
One of the most common ideas in the whole healthcare financing discussion is a moral one. Why, people say, should my taxes and my healthcare premiums go to take care of the huge medical problems of people who don’t take care of themselves? As one commenter on...
According to a new poll, half of all Americans say they are “confused” about healthcare reform. And boy howdy, are they right! Take a look at this new Kaiser Family Fund poll: http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/upload/8156-C.pdf Scan down to Slide 9: Almost a quarter of...
What does the future of healthcare hold for insurance brokers, consultants, and agents? When people and companies buy healthcare insurance, they usually go through a broker, a consultant, or an agent. Agents sell insurance from one company, brokers from many...
