Beyond the Buzzword: Value-Based Healthcare’s Shortcomings
July 30, 2023 By Grace Totman, Co-Head of Capstone’s Healthcare Practice I recently enrolled my dog, Marvin, in a value-based care model, a growing approach to healthcare where providers are paid based on outcomes as opposed to per visit or service. For Marvin,...
The Mounting Shifting Sands in Healthcare Policy
By Grace Totman and Hunter Hammond The Mounting Shifting Sands in Healthcare Policy July 12, 2023 – The 2023 healthcare policy backdrop has had no shortage of drama. The confluence of increased regulatory scrutiny, lessening Congressional sympathies for the...
Expensive and Short Lives: US Policy Failures and Opportunities in End-of-Life Care
By Wylie Butler, Capstone Healthcare analyst In 2021, the life expectancy at birth in the US decreased for the second consecutive year due largely to the COVID-19 pandemic and the opioid crisis. Despite per capita healthcare spending roughly twice that of other...
The Inevitable Decoupling of Medicare Advantage and Medicare
By Grace Totman, Capstone healthcare analyst March 1, 2023 – Nearly half of all seniors are now enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA), the private alternative to traditional Medicare. MA attempts to both reduce costs and improve healthcare by paying private...
