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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...

Amanda Berra
Jun 29, 20238 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...

Kirsta Hackmeier
Jun 22, 20239 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....

Yulan Egan
Jun 15, 202311 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...

Amanda Berra
Jun 5, 20236 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,...

Kirsta Hackmeier
May 25, 20239 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...

Yulan Egan
May 11, 20238 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...

Amanda Berra
May 3, 202310 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...

Christopher Kerns
Apr 26, 20237 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...

Amanda Berra
Apr 19, 202311 min read


Is value-based care replacing or enabling existing business models? Checking in on the state of VBC
Since its inception, the concept of value-based care (VBC) has been touted as a seismic shift for the healthcare industry. This framing...

Yulan Egan
Apr 5, 20236 min read


Telehealth has never yet shaken up provider market share. But could it? Two reasons to think yes
With stakes as high as ‘maybe healthcare won’t always be so local’, we should all pay close attention to even the softest of signals...

Amanda Berra
Mar 30, 202312 min read


What if this is as good as it gets?
What if health system margin pressures don’t relent? I don’t want to count the number of times I have written about health system margins...

Christopher Kerns
Mar 23, 20236 min read
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