At HLTH 2023, we saw a focus on certain themes, including the shift in investments and M&A activity, hospital and health system innovation and transformation, the implementation of AI, and healthcare management. Below are our...more
10/19/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Innovative Technology ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Life Sciences ,
Medicare ,
Mergers ,
Technology
The digital health market, as represented by the HLTH showroom floor, is packed with companies focused on care coordination and care management for various health and wellness specialties, diseases, and chronic conditions, as...more
At the heart of our healthcare system lies two core, yet competing, philosophies: (1) clinical decisions must not be driven by profit, and (2) dollars drive behavior and, by harnessing this revenue, clinical outcomes can be...more
Thursday, January 13 was the last day of the virtual J.P. Morgan Annual Healthcare Conference for 2022. And since the conference was virtual, what better topic to start us off today than a consideration of the new...more
Have you been working out recently? We hope so, for today, Day Three of the 40th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, was definitely a day for heavy lifting. Got a challenge that seems overwhelming? A problem that’s big...more
The phrase “whole person health” kept echoing through the virtual hallways during the second day of the 40th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. Looking at the whole person – not just separate organs or body systems –...more
For those of you who know me, I like to have fun with my Zoom backgrounds – choosing photos of interesting scenery or changing them mid-call to reflect my mood or negotiating strategy. Sitting in front of my computer this...more
1/12/2022
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Civil Investigation Demand ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EBITDA ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Healthcare ,
Humana ,
Medicaid ,
Medical Loss Ratio ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Moderna Inc. ,
Pfizer ,
Vaccinations ,
Value-Based Care
We’ve been talking about telehealth and mental health this week. Here’s both combined in one interesting and highly valued announcement today, followed by several tests – well, 3 million COVID tests a week to be exact, and,...more
1/14/2021
/ Algorithms ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Cancer ,
Clinical Laboratory Testing ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Healthcare ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Medical Research ,
Mental Health ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
Telehealth ,
Virus Testing
It’s Day 2 of the J.P. Morgan Annual Healthcare Conference at its finest – looking closely at healthcare inequities, strategic business shifts and killer robots, all in the same day! (Yes, we did say killer robots and it’s...more
1/13/2021
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Diversity ,
Equity ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Stimulus ,
Healthcare ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Social Justice Issues ,
Telehealth
Sitting in the dark before 6 am in my Los Angeles house with my face lit up by yet another Zoom screen, wearing a stylish combination of sweatpants, dress shirt and last year’s JPM conference badge dangling around my neck for...more
1/12/2021
/ Affordable Care Act ,
CMMI ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Healthcare ,
Home Health Care ,
Humana ,
Insurance Industry ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Mental Health ,
Moderna Inc. ,
Over The Counter Drugs (OTC) ,
Pfizer ,
Professional Conferences ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Teleconferences ,
Vaccinations ,
Value-Based Care ,
Walgreens
According to a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) study reported in Health Affairs on March 24, 2020, national health care spending reached $3.81 trillion in 2019 and is projected to increase to $4.01 trillion...more
8/6/2020
/ CARES Act ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Financial Stimulus ,
Healthcare ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Private Equity ,
Trump Administration ,
Venture Capital
The Wall Street Journal’s Health Forum convened—virtually—on March 24th during an extraordinary period in global health: the novel coronavirus is threatening populations, overwhelming provider systems, and sending economies...more
4/1/2020
/ Clinical Trials ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Healthcare ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Medical Devices ,
Medical Research ,
Medical Supplies ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Vaccinations ,
Virus Testing
If I printed a tee shirt for the 2020 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, what would it say? In past years, it would have been “Big Data,” Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, ACA, Risk, Medicare Advantage or Quality. This...more
1/15/2020
/ Data Management ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Costs ,
Hospitals ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Patients ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacies ,
Physicians ,
Professional Conferences ,
Value-Based Care
Laguna Niguel, California. Another wild year in healthcare is upon us and another insightful and inspiring week of discussions at the 2019 Health Evolution Summit (HES) has just wrapped up in California. HES, which many refer...more
The 2019 JP Morgan Healthcare Conference did not see multiple blockbuster announcements like in some earlier years but instead showcased an industry hard at work calmly and meaningfully trying to address and innovate to solve...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) announced on March 10, 2015 that it is adding a new Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model to its cadre of innovative models. Titled the “Next Generation ACO Model,” CMS’ new ACO...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released second year results on its Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) program. The Pioneer ACO program is CMS’ ambitious foray into the ACO space and a...more
As the Affordable Care Act continues to mature, we are seeing new efforts by the Obama administration to incentivize care coordination across a spectrum of services provided to Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) patients. A New...more