Five Observations From 2023 Fourth Quarter Earnings Calls: Legacy Payers and VBC Market Entrants

 March 27, 2024 by Joe Maher, CPA, MBA As part of Vizient/Sg2’s value-based care (VBC) and payer-provider alignment analysis and...

Does the Drug Shortage White Paper Fall Short?

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...

Medical School Letters of Recommendation

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...

Will Health Systems Recover from the COVID-19 Pandemic?

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...

Duke Advanced Vitreous Surgery Course – 2018 Highlights

This past weekend I attended the Duke Advanced Vitreous Surgery Course in beautiful North Carolina. What a fun weekend to reconnect with other retina...

What It takes to get into FlexMed at Mount Sinai (2023/2024)

FlexMed Essay Prompts (2023 Application Cycle) 1) Please describe something in your life that has given you a great sense of personal, academic, or...

Report Shows Dispute Resolution Process in No Surprises Act Favors Providers

Report Shows Dispute Resolution Process in No Surprises Act Favors Providers By Jack Hoadley and Kevin Lucia The No Surprises Act (NSA) aimed to...

MCAT Prep by MedSchoolCoach is the Only MCAT Study App You’ll Ever Need!

  MCAT Prep by MedSchoolCoach is the Only MCAT Study App You’ll Ever Need! By: MedSchoolCoach     (This is a Sponsored post from...

From Organ Designers To Telesurgery VR Planners: Healthcare Jobs In 2040

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...

Health Plan Stock Price Growth – 54 Quarters From 3/15/2009 – 9/15/2022 – Care And Cost

This is demonstrative to show how our healthcare system is out of control! I wonder if we looked at the same data for some...