The Gist Healthcare Podcast

Some have warned that the rapid growth of PE-backed practices is reminiscent of the rise and fall of physician practice management companies of the 1990s. In the second part of our series about the impact of private equity investment in physician practice on the healthcare market, we’ll hear from Peter Kindrachuk, a former PhyCor executive, on how today’s trend compares to what happened back then. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Walgreens moves further into care delivery and launches a new health division. The FDA’s vaccine panel recommends Moderna booster shots. And the agency authorizes its first e-cigarette, but only the tobacco flavor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Medicare open enrollment starts Friday, but once signed up few seniors change plans. Companies are ignoring Texas’ vaccine mandate ban. And in California, Governor Newsom hasn’t delivered on his big healthcare reform promises. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Best Buy makes another move into healthcare with plans to buy Current Health. The US Preventive Services Task Force is narrowing guidance on who should take aspirin to prevent heart disease. And nurses say patients are increasingly hostile and violent. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Merck asks the Food and Drug Administration to approve its antiviral COVID pill. Get ready for the wave of physician retirements. And there’s a lot of activity among revenue cycle management companies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Private equity firms are fueling a physician practice buying frenzy that’s heated up over the last year, with just about half of practices now owned by hospitals or other corporate entities.  In the first part of a series about private equity's impact on the market, Anthony D’Eredita, founder and CEO of TrustWorks Collective, discusses how younger physicians and health systems are being outbid by deep-pocketed investors.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Henrietta Lacks’ family sues biotech company Thermo Fisher Scientific for unfairly profiting from her cells. 2021 is the year of the mega-hospital merger. And Pfizer officially asks the FDA to extend emergency use for its COVID vaccine to include young kids. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The WHO backs the first malaria vaccine. The Wall Street Journal writes about what is believed to be the country’s first cybercrime-related patient death. And increasing labor costs will continue to be a key concern for hospitals into next year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Missouri’s Medicaid expansion goes into effect. A group of health systems launches Graphite Health, a healthcare app marketplace. And long-serving NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins steps down. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Merck’s new antiviral pill to treat COVID-19 shows a lot of promise. CMS lays out how the No Surprises Act dispute resolution process will work. And non-covid research is still lagging behind pre-pandemic levels. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.