A Tale of Two Businesses: Hospice and PBMs
Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) are barely over the hill as a 51-year-old business but have undergone a dramatic transformation since their...
Confessions of a Caregiver
Former U.S President, Barack Obama proclaimed November as National Family Caregivers Month in 2014 to honor the 78 million unpaid Americans who,...
Hospice, A History
Hospice is an old concept only recently adopted into mainstream medical practice.
Palliating COVID-19
March Madness lived up to its name but without the basketball. The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) quickly graduated from regional phenomenon to...
Eliminating Inappropriate Medications with Deprescribing
Our eagerness to provide relief with a pill to swallow and a glass of water to wash it down has led to an epidemic of polypharmacy—the use of...
'Tis the Season for Falling Workplace Productivity
The holiday season with its upbeat anthems declaring it as “the most wonderful time of the year,” often feels like “the most exhausting time of the...