"The Most Complicated Piece of Health Care is the Revenue" (Say What?) - The Shameless Managerialism of a Hospital CEO

Introduction

Managerialism, in my humble opinion, is one of the major reasons why the US health care system is so dysfunctional.  We have long discussed how people whom we first called "generic managers" have taken over health care.  Increasingly, health care organizations, including hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, health insurance companies, government agencies, etc are now led by people

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