Fulcrum Strategies, analyzing changes in health care and how they affect you
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Fulcrum Strategies, analyzing changes in health care and how they affect you
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Medicare at 50?
If proposed legislation allowing Americans to buy a Medicare policy at age 50, instead of 65, passes - who benefits? Is this a good idea we should be...
What If We Paid All Providers At Medicare Rates?
A recent Kaiser Foundation study indicates we could save 350 billion dollars annually if we paid all physicians and hospitals at Medicare rates. It s...
2021 Healthcare Forecast
2020 is over, back to normal - right? What can medical practices expect in 2021 as all of America tries to get back to what we had before the pandemi...
Surprise Billing 2.0
Congress is, to hopefully no one's surprise, overreacting. They're proposing legislation to limit the ability of hospital-based physicians to make a...
Standing on the Deck of the Titanic
Ron discusses what could happen if COVID ran unchecked through America.
The Front Lines of the Pandemic
"COVID Fatigue" has become a real force in our lives. From the monotony of isolation to the stress of loss, it affects those of us "behind the lines"...
Hate The Game
It applies to so many situations, "don't hate the player, hate the game". Insurance companies are playing the game according to the rules they have an...
The Affordable Care Act and Medicare for All
So much is "up for grabs" in the next few months. Depending on the results of the election and the confirmation hearing, we could see Democrats take...
The Trump Healthcare Plan
President Trump spoke on Thursday about his plans for the future of health care in our country. He even signed executive orders designed to advance h...
The Biden Healthcare Plan - Review and Analysis
Candidate Biden has released a number of details regarding what he would do for health care in America if he becomes president. Ron reviews the propos...
Looking Forward
Ron discusses his thoughts on moving on with "life with COVID" and how moving forward can be more useful than continuing to hold onto past arguments r...
What We've Learned From COVID
We're six months into dealing with COVID as a fact of everyday life, what've we learned so far? So much has changed, and the outlook is mostly positi...
It's The Economy Stupid
While the COVID crisis' impact on health and health care is unprecedented in many ways, its impact on the economy may be even more severe. The US GPD...
Transparency in Health Care
Everyone thinks they're they best, that they're doing a great job, that they have their ducks in a row - right up until someone starts publishing "rep...
Clinical Quality in the US - Where do we really stand?
You've heard it before, America has the most expensive healthcare in the world and we don't have much to show for it. The W.H.O. tells us our quality...
Fixing The Mess - Episode 1
2019 seems like a decade ago. We were already concerned with the rising cost of health care and the portion of our total economy it accounted for. A...
Capitation - Are You Ready?
Capitation is coming back to some markets, are you ready? It can be helpful or harmful, a life-saver or devastating - it all depends on how you use i...
Value Based Reimbursement - Is It Finally Time?
Value based reimbursement has been talked about for years, but could the combination of a massive deficit, a wounded economy, and a world wide pandemi...
COVID the Second Wave
A few months ago we were watching cases climb and predicting dire consequences for the US and the entire world. A few weeks ago we watched new cases...
What Will It Be Like For Doctors In A Post-COVID World?
We've asked it before, what will it be like for doctors in a post-COVID world? We take a closer look at three factors that will shape the new landscap...
The Perfect Storm - Episode 5
After the pandemic, when life returns to something resembling "normal", what will medical practices need to do to stay afloat in a perhaps seriously d...
The Perfect Storm - Episode 4
Evolved consumers will have new demands of their physicians. Successful practices will identify and adopt strategies to work with their highly-informe...
The Perfect Storm - Episode 3
After the pandemic many industries will likely change the way they do business going forward. What could this mean for physician practices, and how mu...
The Perfect Storm - Episode 2
What will the landscape look like after we've come through the other side of COVID and a presidential election? Depending on who wins, we could see ve...
The Perfect Storm - Episode 1
Economists are concerned we're heading for a "perfect storm", driven by COVID and made more severe by pre-existing economic pressures. In this series...
Health care in 2021
We continue our look into what health care could look like post-COVID. We know a new, digital-native consumer will likely dominate the patient pool, b...
COVID-19 and the Economy - April 21 - To Open Or Not?
We've all spent a month or more in government-ordered quarantine, is it finally time to open businesses and get back to "normal" life? The economy ha...
The New Health Care Consumer
What will the new consumer of health care look like after the pandemic? What will practices be looking for in "the right patient"? The digital age is...
COVID-19 and the Economy - April 7
The massive impact the coronavirus has had on our economy has us asking what our government can do to help. Washington has taken a massive step with t...
COVID-19 and the Economy - March 31
While there's no doubt the current steps we're taking to slow the spread of the virus has been harming the economy, it's important to remember health...
Surprise Billing - What could it really mean to healthcare?
We've all heard some version of what a "Surprise Billing" law might do - namely, protect us from huge bills from out-of-network physicians when we go...
COVID-19 and the Economy - March 24
Ron Howrigon weighs in on recent statements, the advance of the virus, and the stimulus bill that remains "in the works".
COVID-19 and the Economy
Helping stop the coronavirus spread is essential not only to our own health, but to the health of the economy. The world is dealing with a health cri...
Medicare for All - what would it mean to the economy?
What would it actually cost to implement Medicare for All? Several candidates are championing the idea, but is it feasible? What would it do to the...
Flatlining Series - Intro
This is the first installment in a series of podcasts from Fulcrum Strategies president Ron Howrigon devoted to his book, Flatlining: How Health Care...