November 2019

Large employers are counting on their membership in the Health Transformation Alliance and the National Business Group on Health to advocate for their interests in reforming our broken health care system. So it’s disappointing to see them casting shade on price transparency proposals with dubious arguments in a recent Bloomberg Law article. Katy Talento rebuts […]

Laurie Rubiner of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and Katy Talento of KFT Consulting write a joint op-ed in The Hill commending President Trump for his policy announcement on September, 2019 and urging him to stay the course in the face of a brutal pressure campaign by tobacco interests. Read the piece.

President Trump announced today the finalization of the CMS rule requiring hospitals to post their secret prices, including cash prices. He also announced a proposed rule to require the same of insurance companies. Important and transformational step for patients, employers, taxpayers and other purchasers of care. By the way, the immediate reaction of the four

This cri-de-coeur at MedPageToday by the incomparable Marty Makary should be required reading for anyone affiliated with a hospital, including med students, residents, and physicians. The days of saying you don’t know when a patient asks you if you’re in network, or what your price is, or claiming “but I didn’t know” after the fact

Concerned citizens might have a few questions for the new Luminis Health, the post-merger entity comprised of Anne Arundel Medical Center and Doctors Community Health System. Katy Talento and other inquiring minds await a response. Read the open letter