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The program pays best where the need is least
Medicare finally measured what hospitals pay for 340B drugs. The number explains why the same program is a growth strategy in one hospital and the…
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David Wild
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July 2026
The number is already built
How senior executive pay gets set, and why the architecture pushes it upward no matter who holds the seat.
Jul 26
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David Wild
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Who owes the readiness payment?
We know how to pay for standby. We still have to say who owes it.
Jul 19
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David Wild
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We settled this in 2009
In 2009 a captured pricing benchmark cost UnitedHealth a $350 million settlement and the database that produced it. Then Congress wrote a version of the…
Jul 12
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David Wild
What happens when surgery stops subsidizing the hospital?
The subsidy is the thermometer. The fever is the case leaving the building.
Jul 5
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David Wild
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June 2026
The benchmark is the whole game
A new federal rule just made the fight over out-of-network pay cheaper to enter. It left the number that decides who wins exactly where it was.
Jun 28
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David Wild
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The Quiet Leaving
There is a version of the pre-operative interview that takes four minutes and a version that takes ten, and on a good day you can watch a patient’s fear…
Jun 21
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David Wild
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Start here
A short orientation, and a map of the rooms worth keeping.
Jun 19
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David Wild
The Coach Who Became a Mentor
A mentor talks with you. A coach talks to you. The rarest leaders are both.
Jun 14
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David Wild
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Inside the Credentialing Committee
What actually happens in the room that decides who gets to practice.
Jun 12
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David Wild
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What You're Actually Asking For
The application is the one part of credentialing you control. Most clinicians give it the least attention.
Jun 7
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David Wild
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The seven rooms you cannot see
A map of the closed rooms where healthcare's decisions actually get made, and how each one reaches the bedside.
Jun 3
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David Wild
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