Archive for July 2020

For years, if not decades, we have been hearing about healthcare reimbursement transitioning from a fee for service system to a value-based system.  Until recently these predictions were much like the song “tomorrow” from the movie Annie, where tomorrow is “always a day away.”  Oddly enough, it may be the Covid-19 pandemic that creates the…

Throughout history major events have produced lasting impacts on this country often times bringing about quick, dramatic changes in many aspects of our lives.  9/11 forever changed how we travel in this country.  World War II made this country into a world superpower and gave birth to our current system of employer-based health insurance.  It…

Covid-19.  Get ready for the Second Wave.     I wrote a blog post on March 23rd about Covid-19 and the concern for what could happen.  That was just over 3 months ago.  On March 23rd we had 34,000 cases in this country and our case count was increasing by 9,000 case per day.  The…