The Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Dr. Mehmet Oz, spoke to non-profit health system executives, investors, and industry observers this week at the 25th Annual Not-for-Profit Healthcare...more
One of the topics I followed with keen interest this week at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference is how our healthcare industry today is addressing the mental health needs of Americans. Like much of the rest of healthcare,...more
Here’s a new word I heard today that I will awkwardly insert into my next conversation – “transrupt.” It is what happens when you have simultaneous disruption and transformation that both damages the existing system and...more
We’ve been talking about telehealth and mental health this week. Here’s both combined in one interesting and highly valued announcement today, followed by several tests – well, 3 million COVID tests a week to be exact, and,...more
1/14/2021
/ Algorithms ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Cancer ,
Clinical Laboratory Testing ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Healthcare ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Medical Research ,
Mental Health ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
Telehealth ,
Virus Testing
It’s Day 2 of the J.P. Morgan Annual Healthcare Conference at its finest – looking closely at healthcare inequities, strategic business shifts and killer robots, all in the same day! (Yes, we did say killer robots and it’s...more
1/13/2021
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Diversity ,
Equity ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Stimulus ,
Healthcare ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Social Justice Issues ,
Telehealth
Laguna Niguel, California. Another wild year in healthcare is upon us and another insightful and inspiring week of discussions at the 2019 Health Evolution Summit (HES) has just wrapped up in California. HES, which many refer...more
San Francisco (January 11, 2018) – The final day of the 2018 JP Morgan Healthcare Conference gave us food for thought about the topic of healthcare navigation, as well as updates on the home health sector. Post-acute has...more
1/15/2018
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Genesis HealthCare ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare Costs ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Home Health Care ,
Hospitals ,
Humana ,
Joint Venture ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Medicare ,
Mergers ,
Patients ,
Professional Conferences ,
Self-Insured Health Plans ,
Skilled Nursing Facility ,
Telehealth
A large amount of wind, much discussion about the U.S healthcare, and the public getting soaked again – if you were thinking about Washington, DC and the new Congress, you’re 3,000 miles away from the action. This is the week...more
1/11/2017
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Ambulatory Surgery Centers ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Health Care Providers ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Mental Health ,
Patients ,
Professional Conferences ,
Repeal ,
Telehealth