Burda on Healthcare: Are You Enjoying the Golden Age of Healthcare Regulation?
4sight Health December 26, 2023
Oh, to be a healthcare chief compliance officer. Talk about job security. If you haven’t realized it already, you’re living in the golden age of healthcare regulation.
Since I began covering healthcare as a business reporter 40 years ago, all I’ve heard is that healthcare is the most regulated industry in the U.S. I never had any reason to doubt that statement as my main beat and interest over those four decades were healthcare legal topics, primarily the “big three” of antitrust, fraud and tax. I always had something to write about. Throw in quality and patient safety, and I was the busiest reporter on staff.
And that’s true — I was the busiest until health IT and electronic medical...