The New Health Economy: Ground Rules for Leaders

A 360-degree look at health care politics, policy, providers, and personalization that offers leaders important perspectives to successfully shape US health care after COVID-19

Over the past decade, the health economy has experienced the most dramatic change since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. The Affordable Care Act’s expansion of Medicaid, demographic-driven Medicare growth, and the digitization of health records have rapidly changed the traditional dynamics of the field-and the pandemic has accelerated this process. Experienced and aspiring health sector leaders must navigate an increasingly complex health care landscape in order to conceive, create, and implement solutions to improve our health care system now and in the future.

The New Health Economy provides health professionals with a 360-degree look at the field by exploring four pillars of the health economy: politics, policy, providers, and personalization. Topics covered include the federal government’s role as the largest payer and regulator of health care, health care finance and the shift from the fee-for-service model toward value-based care, the increasing consolidation of provider networks, and data-driven personalizations inside and outside of the field. Drawing from interviews with top leaders in the field-including a former CDC director, a former FDA commissioner, and the current CEOs of Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson-this essential guide compares each sector before and during the COVID-19 crisis. These comparisons shed light on how the pandemic has accelerated recent trends in health care and provide leaders with an outline for a strategic path forward.

The New Health Economy brings together the best thinking from across the health care sector, providing insight into COVID-19’s impact on the health economy and setting the ground rules required to shape a new health care system as we emerge from the pandemic. This valuable resource will benefit CEOs and other leaders in the health economy, from hospitals to provider networks and beyond.

Gary Bisbee Jr. is founder, chairman, and CEO of Think Medium. He has held leadership positions spanning Wall Street, academia, and health policy. Prior to founding Think Medium, Bisbee was cofounder, chairman, and CEO of The Health Management Academy. He holds an MBA in health care and finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD in chronic disease epidemiology from Yale University.

Donald Trigg is the former president of Cerner Corporation, a Fortune 500 supplier of health care information technology. Trigg has almost a decade of experience in Washington, DC, working at the highest levels of presidential politics and in a set of senior policy roles in both the legislative and executive branches.

Sanjula Jain is a health economist working with executives of large health systems and health care organizations, including Fortune 500 companies. She is the Chief Research Officer of Trilliant Health and on faculty at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She earned her PhD in health services research and health policy from Emory University.