Feb 10, 2020 | Innovation
Why it might be even harder to swing for the fences? I met with an equity analyst a few weeks ago who used the term fast money. The term really resonated with me as a description for what I’ve been seeing in healthcare [aka: out-of-network strategy, balanced billing...
Jan 28, 2020 | Leadership
What it means to live a good life to the very end. A health policy colleague suggested that I read Being Mortal by Atul Gwande MD. It wasn’t what I expected but I always enjoy Dr. Gwande’s books. His stories give us such good insight into some of the biggest...
Nov 19, 2019 | Leadership
Courage is the willingness to do something that frightens oneself. In a business context it usually requires people to do the right thing rather than acting in their own financial interest. Doing the right thing is frightening for those with a lot to loose. Ethics...
Oct 17, 2019 | Leadership
Can healthcare companies do well and do good? We’ve reached a crisis point in healthcare and we can’t financially engineer our way out of it by simply shifting risk and costs. It’s time for healthcare finance 2.0. We need to start looking at the big...