March 27, 2024 by Joe Maher, CPA, MBA As part of Vizient/Sg2’s value-based care (VBC) and payer-provider alignment analysis and market research, we review the quarterly earnings calls from a subset of publicly traded legacy payers and VBC-focused entrants. The summary is designed to highlight emerging...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently published a White Paper on Policy Considerations to Prevent Drug Shortages and Mitigate Supply Chain Vulnerabilities in the United States—with input from several HHS stakeholders, including FDA, CMS, and the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response. With the COVID-19 pandemic...
The Committee Letter Sometimes, schools will provide committee letters. Essentially, committee letters are written by pre-health committees at undergraduate institutions and offer medical schools an evaluation of you and your applications from people who you have worked with closely over the last few years while completing your premedical coursework. Often,...
by Gregg A. Masters, MPH and Fred Goldstein, MS* In the still unfolding operating ‘new normal‘ wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic the path forward presents perhaps the career challenge of a lifetime to both seasoned and emerging U.S. healthcare leadership. No doubt, in health system c-suites across the nation the...
This past weekend I attended the Duke Advanced Vitreous Surgery Course in beautiful North Carolina. What a fun weekend to reconnect with other retina fellows from around the country and learn from an impressive array of retina faculty. The meeting was a busy two-day collection of presentations and expert panels...
FlexMed Essay Prompts (2023 Application Cycle) 1) Please describe something in your life that has given you a great sense of personal, academic, or professional accomplishment. (300 words) 2) Please describe something in your life that has given you a great sense of personal, academic, or professional disappointment. (300 words)...
Report Shows Dispute Resolution Process in No Surprises Act Favors Providers By Jack Hoadley and Kevin Lucia The No Surprises Act (NSA) aimed to prevent surprise billing when patients unintentionally receive treatment from out-of-network providers or facilities. The law appears to be fulfilling that goal—consumers are mostly not receiving costly...
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What are you going to do 10-20 years from now? Chances are that whatever your current job description is, it will be drastically different in two decades. While it is true for almost every profession, the incoming change is going to dramatically redesign the landscape of healthcare jobs. Looking at...
This is demonstrative to show how our healthcare system is out of control! I wonder if we looked at the same data for some of the large hospitals over the same period (including some of the so-called not-for-profit hospitals). Another way of measuring hospital growth would be to look at...