Well before Covid-19 came on the scene, telehealth had earned its stripes as a cost-effective care delivery and population health platform. Despite numerous benefits, telehealth’s potential was marginalized by the lobbying efforts of hospitals, medical associations, and specialists seeking to defend their turf and the lucrative nature of current fee-for-service…
There are myriad reasons why providers have yet to adopt the risk-based arrangements that add value to care delivery, 2 of the latest claims being a lack of adequate data and quality-measure incentives. However, statements like these largely reflect resistance. Most have more data than they realize, and they have…
In a last-ditch attempt to preserve their historic practice of charging whatever the market will bear, almost always after the fact, U.S. hospitals filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its proposed Transparency in Coverage rule. The suit, brought by the American Hospital Association (AHA) trade group, isn’t surprising.…
