Analytics and Pop Health



My, How the Margins Have Fallen

By David R. Burda – About this time last year, I wrote about record profit margins that hospitals posted in 2021, according to data from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) annual March report to Congress.



Just Do It (Using AI)

By Dr. Nick van Terheyden aka Dr. Nick – Digital collections do not quite replace everything the same as AI does not replace everything. We still need the human touch and pattern matching and decision-making while differences remain important.




Reading Between the Lines of Year-End Healthcare Merger and Acquisition Reports

By David Burda – Is the pace of merger and acquisition activity in an industry a sign of the industry’s health? I don’t know. I’m not an economist. I just write about this stuff. But if it is, then the healthcare industry felt a little off last year. Not enough to justify the incessant whining. But a little off. Like someone with a summer cold who acts like they’re going to die.