Dave Chase

Dave has a unique blend of HealthIT and consumer Internet leadership experience that is well suited to the bridging the gap between Health IT systems and individuals receiving care. Besides his role as CEO of Avado, he is a regular contributor to Reuters, TechCrunch, Forbes, Huffington Post, Washington Post, KevinMD and others.

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Health Insurers Must Open Up on Pricing

Dave Chase

There is no bigger contributor to 20 years of wage stagnation and decline than hospital profiteering. Transparency is needed--and inevitable.

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PPOs and the $444 Box of Kleenex

Dave Chase

Healthcare providers set astronomical, arbitrary prices, and employers and insurers have few options. But a solution is emerging. #PPOGate

11 Ways Amazon Could Transform Care

Dave Chase

Once newspapers lost classified ads, their business model fell apart. Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan could do the same to healthcare.

10 Mistakes Amazon Must Avoid in Health

Dave Chase

Most so-called innovation in healthcare is the equivalent of trying to optimize oil lamp technology to get better lighting in homes and cities.

Open Letter to Bezos, Buffett and Dimon

Dave Chase

The great news is that every fix to healthcare's structural problems has been invented -- and you can massively scale them.

Is This the Largest Undisclosed Risk?

Dave Chase

Scrutiny on ERISA-regulated health plans' spending could create immense liability for both company directors and health insurers.

3 Trillion Reasons Against Change

Dave Chase

With 3 trillion reasons ($$) to protect the status quo, it should be no surprise that employing frontal assault on healthcare would be laughably ineffective.