New healthcare reform proposals are scrutinized from the moment they appear. Every line is picked apart and examined; endless debates are had over the plan’s apparent merits, flaws, and repercussions. But in the end, all of those conversations trace their root back to a single, pervasive question -- how do we facilitate affordable care in [...]
When Joe Biden was sworn into office on January 11th, 2020, the conversation around what his arrival into the presidency would mean for the future of American healthcare reached a fever pitch. Those of us in healthcare already know the broad strokes of what he hopes to accomplish during his tenure. While on the campaign [...]
In the span of a few months, the COVID-19 pandemic has managed to unceremoniously toss out our assumptions about what healthcare consultations should look like. In a pre-COVID world, we believed that in-person appointments were a necessity and shrugged off telemedicine and carer navigation services as “nice-to-haves.” Now, those tables have taken a drastic turn. [...]
As I write this blog, I find myself frustrated with by the never-ending hand-wringing about the health care affordability crisis and the unsustainability of the cur rent benefit models for both employers and their employees. The time for action is now. It is my fervent belief that the opportunity for a paradigm change does exist [...]
A decade ago, giving instructions to your seemingly empty living room might have earned you a few odd looks from your houseguests. But times have changed; now, the sound of someone asking Alexa to make a phone call, Siri to add an item to a shopping list, or Google to report on the weather has [...]
That old stereotype of Grandma spending her later days watching CNN in her daughter’s back room may well be heading into retirement. Baby Boomers are entering their last decades in droves; according to statistics provided by the Pew Research Group, roughly 10,000 Boomers will turn 65 every day until 2030. The Census Bureau further estimates [...]
Amazon is widely acknowledged for its disruptive capabilities. In the span of only a few decades, it managed to revolutionize the way that many people engage with consumer goods. Its meteoric rise to prominence played a crucial part in toppling once-giant brick-and-mortar department stores -- and for good reason. After all, why would someone bother [...]
When you think of healthcare benefits for women, what pops into your head? For most people, the answer would probably be family leave. It’s a hot-button issue; while federal law requires employers to offer their full-time female employees job-protected, unpaid leave for up to 12 weeks after the birth or adoption of a new child, [...]
Workplace wellness programs get a bad rap. Some skeptics and industry critics deride all such efforts as well-meaning but ineffective, labeling them as deserving recognition for their positive intent, but not for their impact. They cost more money than they save; their tangible benefits appear underwhelming at best. Judging by the critical literature, it would [...]
Above all else, the opioid crisis is insidious. It slips into communities, stealing away lives and livelihoods alike as it quietly grows. The tragedy addiction causes tends to overshadow its secondary impacts on business and community during conversations about the opioid crisis, and for good reason. The risk to an individual's health and life is [...]