Feb 2021 While we wait for our shot(s); an opinionated take on NEJM highlights for January 2021 By Marc Herant NEJM Incremental progress in the fight to treat heart failure After a decad… Read more
Jun 2019 Full-service vs. self-service: an emerging bifurcation in healthcare By Marc Herant Providers A clinical vignette: the cases of Jane and Joe Imagine if you will tw… Read more
Dec 2016 We may figure out cancer before we figure out the healthcare system: an opinionated take on NEJM highlights for November 2016 By Marc Herant NEJM “My name is T-Cell…, James T-Cell” Immune T-cells are licensed to kill… Read more
Nov 2016 An ad page in the NEJM and the future of cancer care By Marc Herant Providers , NEJM I am not sure how many docs continue to do this, but I still read the … Read more
Jun 2016 The many ways in which decreasing volatility in individual health care utilization is valuable By Marc Herant Providers It is a long-standing hypothesis shared by many providers that communi… Read more
May 2016 NEJM Highlights April 2016: Value and values: RBRVS, ACA and readmissions, E-cigs By Marc Herant NEJM RBRVS: an acronym we ought to think more about RBRVS stands for the Re… Read more
Apr 2016 NEJM Highlights March 2016: Getting value for money in healthcare, Zika bad news, linking the microbiome to the metabolic syndrome By Marc Herant NEJM Could Uber happen to healthcare? A Perspective article that points ou… Read more
Dec 2015 NEJM Highlights November 2015: systems biology, RSV progress, a first in diabetes, hypertension goals, the case of Maryland By Marc Herant NEJM Systems biology finally gets real: an unexpected use for a diabetes dr… Read more
Oct 2015 Working paper: the coming age of algorithmic medicine By Marc Herant Payers , Providers , Digital , Summary In this working paper, we develop the following thesis. In the… Read more
Apr 2015 Comparing the emerging national networks of Cleveland Clinic and Mayo Clinic By Tory Wolff Providers The build-out of the Cleveland Clinic and Mayo branded networks contin… Read more
Sep 2014 Ochsner and River Parishes: one type of endgame for managing redundant hospital capacity (updated) By Tory Wolff Providers Please see update at end of post. If value-based care broadly delivers… Read more
Sep 2014 Boeing’s model for creating product-based competition among providers By Tory Wolff Providers Summary Boeing is creating a benefit design model which sets up provi… Read more
Jun 2014 Apple HealthKit, provider partnerships and walled gardens: three observations By Tory Wolff Providers , Digital A number of observers have noted that the Apple’s partnership with Epi… Read more
Mar 2014 Bring it on: Highmark brings in a long-distance ally to help compete vs. UPMC in cancer care By Tory Wolff Providers Summary Allegheny Health Network (AHN), the major delivery system in … Read more
Oct 2013 Change in tactics or change of heart? Speculations on the eClinicalWorks–Epic interoperability announcement By Tory Wolff Providers , Digital Epic is famous for its intense focus on interoperability across its ow… Read more
Sep 2013 Metrics alone will not unleash the market: Porter and Lee ignore the demand side to the peril of their proposed strategy By Tory Wolff Providers Summary Michael Porter and Thomas Lee have articulated a strategy for… Read more
Sep 2013 Quiet after the storm: Is there an emerging competitive equilibrium in Ohio? By Tory Wolff Providers Summary In August and early September, several Ohio provider systems … Read more
Sep 2013 ACO proliferation and provider “all-payer” care models inexorably lead to tighter network strategies By Tory Wolff Payers , Providers A new study in JAMA (by McWilliams et al.) looks at the Medicare expen… Read more
Aug 2013 Making flanks something for the enemy to worry about: the Cleveland Clinic-Promedica deal and the emerging battle for northern Ohio By Tory Wolff Payers , Providers Summary Earlier this year, Catholic Health Partners, the largest prov… Read more
Jul 2013 Ambidextrous strategy: PART 2 – Scenario Implications By Nikhil Bhojwani Payers , Providers In our last post we introduced two potential scenarios. "Provider bas… Read more
Jul 2013 Ambidextrous strategy: PART 1 – Payer and provider strategy for two very different worlds By Nikhil Bhojwani Payers , Providers It seems like every day there’s some news outlining strategic actions … Read more
Mar 2013 Cleveland Clinic’s bold land grab in care improvement: the Community Health Systems deal By Tory Wolff Providers Summary The deal locks in an option for Cleveland Clinic to grow its … Read more
Dec 2012 Risk-taking providers in private exchanges: Medica’s “My Plan” private exchange By Tory Wolff Payers , Providers At a TEDMED conference a couple years ago, I had to write some sample … Read more
Jul 2012 Rescuing the condition-focused ACO from CMS By James Matheson Payers , Providers Summary The case for an oncology ACO can be compelling but CMS rule… Read more
