Fastest Growing Metro Areas: How will Healthcare be impacted?

Fastest Growing Metro Areas: How will Healthcare be impacted?

Raleigh, Provo UT, and Fort Myers are going to double in size in the next 15 years. New York, LA, and Chicago — the 1, 2, 3 of largest metros — are only going to grow by 10%. Dallas, Houston, and Atlanta (4, 5, and 6) will grow about 50%. As the Boomers retire to warm weather states, the change and impact to healthcare delivery...

Forget Bernie Madoff, is Social Security the #1 Ponzi Scheme?

In the wake of the Madoff disaster, I have read some minor op-eds citing Social Security as the biggest Ponzi scheme ever. Really?  Honestly, I would think that this kind of talk might not warrant coverage from CNBC, whose article “The Real ‘Mother’ of All Ponzi Schemes” likens our national safety net for seniors and the...

Why Smart, Ticked Off Computer Guys Are Looking to Destroy Your Hospital

Having gone through my venture capital financing hazing in the late nineties, one of the features I’ve noticed about businesses that get funded are those which have a “disruptive” model to them.   VCs enjoy the idea that their investments will not only create value for their own businesses but, in the words of a (very...

WWDD — What Will Tom Daschle Do?

The former Senator Tom Daschle has been picked for the HHS top spot, and there’s been some excellent speculation — I mean, coverage about what Daschle might do once in office.   I think we often miss the forest for the trees when we talk in these grand policy terms.  Sure, the healthcare system is broken.  I think you’d be...

How to Create a More Just, Two Tiered Healthcare System on the Cheap

You know I love a  solid economic assessment of healthcare: Either Americans in the higher income strata must step up to the cashier’s window to help subsidize, with higher income taxes, the health care of the most hard-working members of the lower income classes, or the United States will have to evolve toward a noticeable two-tiered or...

Hospitals See Drop in Paying Patients

Per our webinar on the financial crisis:  In another sign of the economy’s toll on the nation’s health care system, some hospitals say they are seeing fewer paying patients — even as greater numbers of people are showing up at emergency rooms unable to pay their bills. – Hospitals See Drop in Paying Patients, New York Times I was...

The Impact on the Global Financial Crisis, Part II

MedTouch Webinar: The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Healthcare, Part II from MedTouch on Vimeo. The news about the financial sector meltdown is everywhere, but how will it impact healthcare? In this second part of a special webinar, Paul Griffiths, the CEO of MedTouch, will walk through how the sub-prime crisis led into Wall St....

The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Healthcare, Part I

The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Healthcare, Part I from MedTouch on...

The Global Financial Crisis and Healthcare: A Special Webinar

If, like me, you’ve been watching the global financial crisis with awe and dismay, you’ve probably started wondering how all of this will impact healthcare. In brief, there are three main financial instruments that have kept many hospitals open in the last few years — bonds, investments, and charitable giving — and each...

Physician Shortages: 3 Big Reasons It’s Getting Harder to Find Doctors… And the Adverse Impacts to Patient Care

We’ve done a fair amount of research this year on the impact of the physician shortage and how it will hamstring the marketing, planning, and delivery of healthcare services in the future. The silent killer is patient access.   The less chance a patient has of being seen quickly, the worse off he or she will be.  Having an adequate supply...

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