A detailed survey of healthcare innovators and investors demonstrates that a well-designed Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology (MCIT) program would support the triple aim of better care, better health, and lower cost by putting advanced technologies into the hands of more people, faster.
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This issue begins our transition to a new editorial team. We are still in shock over the sudden loss in December of Will Mitchell, our Editor in Chief. He will be sorely missed. Dedicated to Will, this issue combines healthcare business and policy in new and exciting ways. As the global COVID-19 pandemic marks a second year, we examine key themes around health insurance policy, the impact of patient attitudes on population health, and the role of technology in advancing medical access, cost and innovation. Read more
“Regi”, aka Regina E. Herzlinger, is the Nancy McPherson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and author of bestselling trade books on healthcare. “Regi’s ‘Innovating in Health Care’ Cases”, a regular HMPI feature, highlights teaching materials that focus on innovating across healthcare. Our case in this issue explores questions around Operation Warp Speed and the accelerated development of the COVID-19 Vaccine. Read more
While it is true that the former administration and many Republicans in Congress considered the ACA to be an overreach of federal regulation into the private health insurance market, it is important to distinguish between the overblown rhetoric (from both sides of the political aisle) and the net effect of the administration’s policies on enrollment in private health plans.
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For those of us who work in health policy and lived through the Trump years, the effort was amazing, not only because of the factual distortions and oversights on which it rested but because it was accompanied by a strident tone and grandiose claims.
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Study participants under individual-benefit frame were 6.7% more likely to consume vaccine than those under societal-benefit frame.
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A novel interdisciplinary framework has the potential to dramatically increase the effectiveness of population health interventions and adherent patients.
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Traditional procurement methodology overlooks many financial considerations otherwise included in a comprehensive Total Cost of Ownership analysis.
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IVR may significantly improve the quality of surgical training while lowering costs for such education.
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Healthcare in the U.S. is a coordinated set of organizations and policies interacting with each other that has developed over time. Robert Burns describes the book that he created for students interested in understanding the different dimensions of the U.S. healthcare marketplace.
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