Mar 16, 2023

If this were a video show, I would stare into the camera with steely eyeballs right now and say that I have a special message for employer CFOs. If you aren’t a CFO, pretend that you are so that you get the full effect here.

So, now that we’re all CFOs, let’s pull up the company P&L (Profit and Loss) statement....

Mar 9, 2023

There are two facets of the Humira biosimilar market and launch that Anna Hyde, my guest in this healthcare podcast, talks about. One is market dynamics. The second is provider and patient confidence. These two concepts are tangled up together and cannot be separated.

But let me back up a sec and explain, although...

Mar 2, 2023

Well, this episode is suddenly incredibly relevant again just with all the stuff going on with co-pay maximizers. If you’re gonna understand maximizers, though, you really have to start here.

In a nutshell, this whole thing is a battle royale between co-pay cards and patient assistance programs offered by...

Feb 23, 2023

Thanks, shurx, for this review on iTunes entitled “Prepare to Learn.” Shurx wrote:

“[RHV] provides key insight from experts that you won’t find anywhere else. It paints the picture of how our healthcare is tangled, and who benefits because of it. Whether it’s drug pricing, PBM shenanigans, hospital billing, or...

Feb 16, 2023

You would think that hospitals with the most money would offer the most charity care—trickle down and all of that. If my health system is big and I have lots of money and profitable commercial patients, I can stuff more dollar bills into the charitable donation balance sheet bucket, right?

Except, in general, it’s...