Publisher: Healthcare Matters « Just another Spend Matters Network site Healthcare Matters

Healthcare Matters is an independent voice covering the healthcare industry’s supply chain. We focus on the perspectives of the buyers, sellers, intermediaries and payors in the context of the roles they play, the challenges they face, the problems they create, the solutions they implement and the innovations they talk about, as they work to continuously improve and create value for the industry. And because we’re all consumers of healthcare, we don’t avoid what’s happening in Washington and in our state capitols. We can’t. Federal and state governments are payors –in fact, they pay for close to half of the total services consumed– so we can’t ignore the impact of their actions or lack thereof. Besides, it’s great theater.