cost of healthcare

Can AI Help Cure America’s Healthcare Pricing Problem?

AI is not a silver bullet, but its thoughtful application to administrative automation offers one of the most realistic paths to reducing healthcare costs without sacrificing quality.

Price Transparency Enforcement Is Still A Shared Responsibility

Despite all the noise around the updates, there’s one area that’s been conspicuously absent this year: enforcement of patient estimate requirements.

The Crisis That Unites Us: Healthcare Costs Are Breaking Everyone

The transformation of our healthcare system can start now, with employers adopting value-based care models, communities demanding better access, and policymakers challenging the status quo. 

A 2,100% Markup: My Battle with a Vastly Overpriced Knee Brace — and U.S. Healthcare

I asked if I could purchase the brace myself and bring it to the surgery. The answer was an unequivocal no: the health insurer’s contracted rate required me to purchase the brace from the hospital as part of the procedure.

Earlier Detection and Treatment are Essential for Meeting VBC Goals

While VBC opens the door to new care models, they alone cannot solve another key driver of healthcare costs: many people are diagnosed late in their disease progression when care costs are higher.

Short-Term Thinking Is Undermining Healthcare — Here’s What We Need Instead

Adopting an infinite mindset could be the antidote to the slow destruction of healthcare by short-term thinking.