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Yulan Egan
Aug 10, 20238 min read
Union's 2023 State of Healthcare—a first look at the report
At Union, we believe strongly in the power of a membership-based model—one that not only provides high-quality content, but also includes...


Kirsta Hackmeier
Jul 25, 20235 min read
Disruptive distributors—new entrants in the provider acquisition game
In April our CEO, Christopher Kerns, kicked off our series on vertical integration with a post on the state of healthcare...


Yulan Egan
Jul 11, 20237 min read
Are we approaching an MA profitability cliff?
For the better part of a decade now, the general industry view on Medicare Advantage has been one of overwhelming positivity. It’s been a...


Amanda Berra
Jun 29, 20238 min read
What to make of the millions of dollars Hopkins spent on quality data reporting
Use board-type context questions to turn one surprising statistic into general healthcare insights An interesting new study, “The Volume...


Kirsta Hackmeier
Jun 22, 20239 min read
The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing Cost Trend: Why did employer cost growth drop in 2022?
Last year, something strange happened to cost growth for employer health benefits: it slowed. In the face of decades of high single-digit...


Yulan Egan
Jun 15, 202311 min read
Consumerism has reshaped healthcare—just not how it was expected to
When I began my career in healthcare research over a decade ago, the concept of consumerism as a transformative force was in its heyday....


Amanda Berra
Jun 5, 20236 min read
Let's give the 'it's all so complicated' angle a rest
Instead, help your healthcare context learners by taking it one layer at a time One of the core things I do for Union is to oversee the...


Kirsta Hackmeier
May 25, 20239 min read
The state of unions: a look at what’s happening—and strategic implications
The role of unions in healthcare generally falls into two distinct categories. As powerful aggregators of the healthcare workforce,...


Yulan Egan
May 11, 20238 min read
Let’s have better conversations about the physician landscape: Five suggestions
The 'physician landscape,' meaning how physicians are organized, ownership and contract structures, and so on, is a particularly hot...


Amanda Berra
May 3, 202310 min read
AI vs. an analyst: seven predictions about the future of the insight business
The arrival of artificial intelligence generally, and ChatGPT specifically, has generated a massive amount of discussion about both...


Christopher Kerns
Apr 26, 20237 min read
The end of the independent anything?
And the persistence of the independent clinician Vertical consolidation is increasing in many different parts of the healthcare...


Amanda Berra
Apr 19, 202311 min read
Don't take your eye off the bundle
Both Medicare and commercial versions are evolving in some surprising ways. By Amanda Berra, Chief Education Officer, Union Healthcare...
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