New Provider Negotiation Dynamics
In a recent Inspire article, Are We In For Significant Healthcare Cost Increases?, David Axene explained why [...]
Mother May I? Interpreting ACA Pricing Allowances
“Mother-May-I” is a classic kids’ game that teaches little ones to honor their mother by having players [...]
3rd Annual ACA Consumer Value State Rankings
The story of consumer value in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) individual marketplaces echoes one of the [...]
Are We In For Some Significant Health Cost Increases?
Health care costs continue to increase faster than the rest of the economy. Recent projections by the [...]
A Provider’s Primer for Shared Savings Arrangements
Shared savings arrangements have increased in popularity as healthcare shifts towards value-based care. In its most basic form, [...]
Value-Based Care’s Impact on Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions
Provider reimbursement models are evolving as the healthcare system attempts to combat rapidly rising healthcare costs. A [...]
COVID Christmas Gifts
As we sit here in December 2021 COVID is still active and cases appear to be climbing in [...]
Impressions of the ACA: The 1st Year of the 2nd Decade
“A subsidy works if it gets someone to buy something they otherwise wouldn’t buy. Any additional subsidy [...]
Targeting Clarity Through Transparency
Over the years much has been said about the issue of increasing costs of healthcare, its causes, [...]
Geographic Utilization Disparities and Financial Impacts
It seems natural to assume that the scientific underpinning of medicine implies a formulaic treatment for any given [...]