Why Does Everyone Seem To Have The Flu Right Now?
visualspace via Getty Images Influenza cases are definitely more prominent this year, and experts have a few theories. If you suspected this flu season is rougher than previous ones, you’re not imagining it. Last season, flu activity had already peaked and was on the downfall by early January. This year, influenza continues to surge across […]
No Surprises Act Ruined ‘Secret Sauce’ of Envision, Expert Says
The arrival of the No Surprises Act led to the unraveling of Envision’s “secret sauce” business model, according to a prominent healthcare economist, and ultimately to the medical group’s bankruptcy earlier this year. After Envision, a physician staffing service and ambulatory surgery center operator, was acquired by private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) in […]
Delta on the Decline? Not So Fast
It’s a familiar refrain, those prominent voices claiming we’re all but done with the pandemic of the century. Former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, told the New York Times this week he thought the U.S. was riding out “the last major wave of infection.” Writer David Leonhardt concluded in the same newsletter, “the worst of […]