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Michael Doring Connelly
Michael Connelly
May 201 min read
New AHA Report Predicts a Dire Financial Picture for Hospitals
A new AHA report finds that during 2021-2023, hospital costs grew 12.4%, more than two times faster than Medicare reimbursement at 5.2%....
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Michael Connelly
Nov 11, 20231 min read
A Surprising Threat to Social Security: Medicare Costs
As USA Today reports, the entire Social Security cost of living adjustment (COLA) boost for 2024 will be canceled out. The culprit?...
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Michael Connelly
Oct 22, 20233 min read
How Medicare Advantage plans impact traditional Medicare
AARP prepared a Special Bulletin this month to inform readers about Medicare’s open enrollment options during this year's open enrollment...
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Michael Connelly
Sep 24, 20231 min read
Talking about the Business of Healthcare on November 14
I'm excited to be on a panel titled "The Business of Healthcare: Understanding the Value Equation from a CEO and CFO Perspective" at...
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Michael Connelly
Jul 29, 20231 min read
The Price of Avoiding Death is Steep
I recently talked with Pharmacy Times about the real cost of avoiding death at the end of life. If you'd like to read what I had to say,...
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Michael Connelly
Jul 23, 20232 min read
Time's Running Out for Medicare's Trust Fund
A recent article from MarketWatch brings up an important point: The Medicare trust fund is in trouble, but not for the reasons you might...
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Michael Connelly
Jun 22, 20231 min read
Why payment complexity is at the root of all healthcare evils
4sight Health, a thought leadership and advisory company, invited me to discuss how the increasing complexity in healthcare payment...
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Michael Connelly
Jun 6, 20231 min read
Read my interview with MarketWatch
I spoke recently with Jessica Hall of MarketWatch about my recommendations for reforming end of life care. You can read the interview...
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Michael Connelly
May 30, 20232 min read
Why Private Equity is Interested in Hospice
Profit-Obsessed Private Equity is Now Dominating the US Hospice System by Lily Meyersohn offers insights to address hospice care...
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Michael Connelly
Mar 28, 20231 min read
Hospice saves money. Why the time limit?
Hospice saves Medicare billions annually. This is the conclusion of research reported by author Jim Parker in Hospice News. One might...
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Michael Connelly
Feb 22, 20232 min read
Fraud adds extra layer of worry to end-of-life care
Nathan Gray, a Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, authored a powerful comic strip illustrating the challenges facing doctors...
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Michael Connelly
Nov 10, 20221 min read
Why is private equity interested in hospice?
Hospice is becoming an increasingly important model of care in our nation. Unfortunately, Medicare has adopted an overly complex payment...
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