Nowadays nearly three-quarters of physicians are hospital employees or employed by investor-owned group practices. Many are bound by employment agreements that limit their ability to easily leave a job for a new one.
Author: Devon Herrick
Communities Eagerly Await Opioid Settlement Funds but Unsure How to Use Them
The Wall Street Journal reported on communities hard hit by the opioid epidemic, hoping settlement funds would mitigate the damage done by drug addiction. The Opioid Master Settlement Agreement was patterned after the tobacco settlements, except federal officials tried to structure the funds in such a way to avoid the money from being siphoned off for purposes unrelated to drug treatment.
Are Senior Homeowners Aging in Place or Stuck or Stuck in Place?
I toured a naturally occurring retirement community (NORC) in Queens, New York a few years ago. It was an Aging in Place initiative, partly funded by the Denver-based Daniels Fund. Fun fact: The fund was established by Bill Daniels before he died. His fortune came from basically inventing cable TV. The purpose of a NORC is to allow people in the community to age in their own homes as long as possible, rather than forced to move into assisted living.
A New Government Initiative Aims to Root Out Anticompetitive Practices in Health Care
There is an old idiom in American English, “he shut the barn door after the horse has bolted.” The saying refers to someone who initiates preventive measures after it is too late. This is another way of saying an action was too little, too late. This analogy applies to a new initiative of the federal government to root out anticompetitive behavior in the health care industry.