Monday, the American Association of Physician Leadership and the Navigant Consulting's Center for Healthcare Research and Policy Analysis released the first of three parts of a report on attitudes of physician leadership, focusing on healthcare reform. Most said that fee-for-service is dying and value-based payment will be the future,
As he climbed to the stage, Paul Keckley – who predicts a sort of “Occupy Healthcare” movement thanks to rising pharma and hospital costs – tested out his $77,000 knee. Keckley, a policy analyst and managing director of the Navigant Center for Healthcare Research and Policy Analysis, spoke at this week’s Mid-America Healthcare Venture Forum in Chicago on some of […]
Health care professionals can refer patients to the best options for diagnostic imaging covered by Medicare to give more people the medical assistance they need without extra financial stress.
There is nothing like a dose of reality to change your perspective. This is why the smartest entrepreneurs talk to customers before launching a new product or service. This is why all hospital CEOs and medical device executives should be a patient at a hospital on a regular basis. The transformation after this firsthand experience […]
Paul Keckley has taken a very generous approach to gift giving this year. He includes politicians, patients, doctors, students and executives on his wish list. He wants transparency in information, better financial decision, an education in the ACA for all, more thinking and less complaining. He has 25 wishes on his list. These are my […]
Paul Keckley said goodbye to the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions today. In his 243rd memo about healthcare reform, he critiqued the Affordable Care Act and the industry's reaction to it. He also predicted that tight economic times mean the second round of reform will be even more wrenching.