Mark discusses the fact that trends, even those that seem modern, such as home delivery of fully prepared meals, are simply history repeating itself or, at least, rhyming. Understanding this facilitates your exploitation of trends in healthcare.

We were talking about the people that we had separately observed at concerts who, instead of actually watching the concert, were filming the concert on their phones. In essence, they weren’t watching the concert live, they were watching a video screen of the concert.

What does China’s foreign policy have to do with hospital financial support? More than you’d think.

Sure, you can buy a new 2019 Bentley Continental GTC for around $300,000. But you can pick up a gently used 2016 model for around half the price.

But did you know that the same bargain can be had on a slightly used ambulatory surgery center?

Last fall, Milford Hospital, located in Milford, Connecticut, announced that it was exploring a merger with Bridgeport Hospital, part of Yale New Haven Health.

ASCs can be great investments for physicians. Oh, as long as they are real.

But if all they are are rainbows, unicorns, and clear blue sky, then you’d better stay away.

The problem, of course, is telling the difference.

Hospital systems across the country suffer from bloated fixed costs, huge payrolls, layers and layers of bureaucracy, and management by managers, not by entrepreneurial thinkers.

What appears to the unknowing and unsuspecting to be a normal day-to-day business transaction is really something quite different.

What you think is permanent is only temporary. How temporary is the question.

As more physicians rush to invest in ASCs, unscrupulous facility promoters/managers scheme to separate physician investors from their money.