For The Record — I am a member of the Board of Trustees of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). The Board of Trustees is NOT the same as the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors is the governing body that has fundamental oversight responsibility for the hospital. The Trustees serve as an ancillary […]

Ten years ago, the term “medical tourism” referred to non-U.S. citizens seeking health care in the United States, because the health care systems in their own countries either couldn’t give them what they needed in a timely way, or couldn’t give it to them at all.

What a difference a decade makes. Today, more often than […]

Boston Globe reporter Jeff Krasner does a great job covering business issues for the Globe and was kind enough to attend the seventh — and most recent — public meeting of the Coalition for Affordable Health Care. The Coalition is a group of Massachusetts businesses and health plans (including Harvard Pilgrim) who’ve joined together to […]