Why health care delivery is an exceptionally different industry

<p>"The business of health care delivery differs markedly from other consumer and service industries in many ways. First and foremost, the economics differ. Specifically, the payers of medical care are often different from the customers, the government and third-party insurers are the primary payers, demand is inelastic, quality metrics are typically unavailable, and the industry consists largely of nonprofits that avoid taxes. And that’s just the start of the economic differences. These profound economic differences vis-a-vis other industries lead to fundamental deficiencies in health care governance, leadership, organizational design, infrastructure, and operations. We believe economic exceptionalism is the root cause."</p> <p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-mandato-4223766/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Mandato</a> is a venture capitalist. <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-van-wert-md-04719419/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Ryan Van Wert</a> is a pulmonary physician and health care executive.</p> <p>They share their stories and discuss their KevinMD article, "<a href= "https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/joe-mandato-and-ryan-van-wert" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Why health care delivery is an exceptionally different industry</a>."</p> <p><strong>Did you enjoy today’s episode?</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.kevinmdpodcast.com/rate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rate and review</a> the show so more audiences can find <strong>The Podcast by KevinMD</strong>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.kevinmdpodcast.com/follow/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Subscribe on your favorite podcast app</a> to get notified when a new episode comes out.</p> <p><strong>Reflect and <a href="https://earnc.me/tiQThK" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">earn 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CME</a> for this episode.</strong></p> <p>Also available in <a href= "https://www.kevinmdpodcast.com/p/cme/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Category 1 CME bundles</a>.</p> <p><em>Powered by CMEfy - a seamless way for busy cl