Hospitals are Incompetent Monopolists!
By JEFF GOLDSMITH The health policy community is obsessed with hospital mergers. In a recent…
Hospitals are Incompetent Monopolists!
By JEFF GOLDSMITH The health policy community is obsessed with hospital mergers. In a recent paper which I critiqued, the operating thesis was that hospital mergers are conspiracies in restraint of trade, enabling hospitals to extract rent from helpless local employers and patients. This logic leads directly to advocacy (lavishly funded by Arnold Ventures philanthropy) of hospital rate…
FDA Will Remove Warnings for HRT Products Used for Menopause
The FDA will remove black box warnings on hormone replacement therapies after evidence showed the risks were overstated. The post FDA Will Remove Warnings for HRT Products Used for Menopause appeared first on MedCity News.
How One CEO Thinks Ambient Scribes Can Differentiate Themselves
Startups in the ambient documentation space are moving beyond simple scribing to tools that can handle tasks like intake, coding and care coordination, according to Heidi Health CEO Tom Kelly. Standing out in this crowded market is a challenge, and companies’ success will hinge on creating products clinicians actually want to use, he added. The…
ISPOR Europe 2025!
Excited to have finished day 1 at ISPOR Europe in Glasgow, Scotland. Come check out my session on Tuesday with Tiago Beck at 11:30-12:00pm. EU Pharmaceutical Package: Where Are We and Where Are We Going? Speakers Tiago Beck, MSc, FTI Consulting, Brussels, Belgium; Jason Shafrin, PhD, FTI Consulting, Los Angeles, CA, United States As trilogue…
Health Care Costs Jump to the Fore as Candidates Jockey To Be California Governor
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — California’s gubernatorial election is a year away, and the field of primary candidates is still taking shape. But one persistent issue has already emerged as a leading concern: the cost of health care. At a forum Nov. 7 in the Inland Empire, four Democratic candidates vying to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed…
Eli Lilly Strikes Another Genetic Meds Deal, Gaining Global Rights to MeiraGTx Retinal Gene Therapy
Eli Lilly is paying $75 million up front for global rights to AAV-AIPL1, a gene therapy on track for U.S. and European regulatory submissions in the rare, inherited eye disorder Leber congenital amaurosis 4, or LCA4. The deal brings to Lilly another late-stage gene therapy for the eyes following the pharma giant’s October acquisition of…
What Can Healthcare Today Learn From Apple Circa 2007? A Lot, Actually.
The future of healthcare isn’t about one company “owning it all.” It’s about building the kind of ecosystem Apple unlocked with the iPhone and its App Store — one that empowers and changes the game for everyone. The post What Can Healthcare Today Learn From Apple Circa 2007? A Lot, Actually. appeared first on MedCity…
The Doctor’s Monopoly Is Dead and We’re All Better For It
Authority built on information control cannot survive in the age of AI and instant access. But authority built on wisdom, judgment, empathy, and genuine partnership? That’s eternal. And it’s exactly what patients have been asking for all along. The post The Doctor’s Monopoly Is Dead and We’re All Better For It appeared first on MedCity…
Shutdown Has Highlighted Washington’s Retreat From Big Ideas on Health Care
In the run-up to the 2020 election, all 20 Democratic presidential candidates promised voters they’d pursue bold changes to health care, such as a government-run insurance plan or expanding Medicare to cover every American. Fast-forward to the congressional stalemate that has closed the federal government for more than a month. Democrats, entrenched on one side…
As Health Companies Get Bigger, So Do the Bills. It’s Unclear if Trump’s Team Will Intervene.
A cancer patient might live in a town with four oncology groups, but only one accepts his insurance — the one owned by his insurer. A young couple could see huge bills after their child is born, because their insurer agreed to the health system’s rates in exchange for a contract with obstetricians across the…
