I have a new favorite podcase: Search Engine by PJ Vogt, with a special shout out to producer Noah John pjvogt.substack.com/?r=1y2x0j&utm_…

⁦⁦PJ Vogt⁩ and his team at Search Engine are amazing. This was a blast. The other episodes are great too. Highly recommend! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sea…

We could not be more excited to have an amazing panel of national thought leaders on #physician #noncompetes with Attorney Drory U.S. Department of Justice, Stephanie Quinn AAFP, and Barak Richman GW University Hopkins Business of Health Initiative FTC #healthcare #competition Register here: hbhi.jhu.edu/events/physici…

Prof. Sara Sternberg Greene (Dr. Sara Sternberg Greene) and Prof. Barak Richman urge General Assembly to pass law curbing aggressive, deceitful practices used by some hospitals to collect medical debt 🔗 yhoo.it/47zwDuN

Celebrating Ariella’s graduation! #mgograd

Shout out to our awesome grad! Ariella, we’re so proud. #mgograd

2023 was a historically bad year for higher education, but it’s not the fault of a few college presidents. We need to examine the root causes. Here’s my take on the current political economy of large universities. politi.co/41EVqeU via POLITICO

These graphs are the heart of the insight. Universities cannot defend academic principles when their resources depend on policymakers whims, which all health systems do.

My punchline: “If the university’s research arm and scholarly community are quieted or ignored by its industrial arm, we get bad public policy, demoralized scholars and unhealthy learning environments for all.”

This is an ongoing effort (with outstanding coauthors) to bring sensible reform to licensure rules. The article offers many easy pathways for effective compromises, even as one side’s arguments are increasingly strident and hard to justify.

Driving people to poverty for trying to stay alive is the sign of a broken system. #medicaldebt When he couldn't pay for cancer treatment, the hospital sued buff.ly/4e4NYPE by gretchen morgenson via @nbcnews CC: PatientRightsAdvocate.org Harold Miller Edward C Boltz Dr. Sara Sternberg Greene Barak Richman

Viewpoint from Barak Richman examines physician licensure requirements administered by state medical boards and 2 lawsuits challenging the restrictions placed on interstate telemedicine. ja.ma/4gzYOPl

With Barak Richman & Elizabeth Plummer, our new article JAMA Health Forum: jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-…

Viewpoint by Barak Richman, Elizabeth Plummer, and Ge Bai considers supply- instead of buy-side pressure to address the inflated cost of basic health services provided by hospitals. ja.ma/48ESPp6

Viewpoint from Kevin Schulman and Barak Richman discusses the impact of the No Surprises Act on billing disputes for out-of-network medical care. ja.ma/4f4DSOD

nytimes.com/2025/05/14/opi… via @NYTOpinion

Viewpoint: The shift from independent practices to hospital-employed physicians raises concerns about autonomy, but medical staff bylaws may provide a way to safeguard clinical decision-making. ja.ma/4lxNMfB @barakrichman

In his new Forefront article, Barak Richman from GW University discusses how the cost of health care, the competitiveness of markets, and private equity’s troublesome record in the health sector are policy challenges that have attracted bipartisan attention, and they are likely to

Angie and her team did a fantastic job with this. A hugely important issue.

Don't worry, I got a pic