Listen in as Suzanne shares an intimate conversation with a health policy expert who has survived an opioid addiction. Though anonymous, her story shines a bright and personal light on
CPR’s Director of Member Services, Ryan Olmstead, chats with Andreas Mang, Chief Operating and Innovation Officer at Equity Healthcare (EH). Learn how EH broke new ground in streamlining care navigation,
“Have you checked out that place? It has a five-star review on Yelp” Without the context, you’d probably assume someone was talking about a hole-in-the-wall restaurant. What if I told
A certain health care reform may succeed or fail based entirely on what state it’s implemented in. Why? Because many state laws and regulations either enable or create barriers to
Updated on October 21, 2019 No two employers are alike especially when it comes to health care purchasing. Benefits offerings need to reflect unique characteristics, like employee demographics and health
One reason health care costs are so high is the exorbitant waste in our health care system. About one-third of all care provided to patients is considered “waste,” meaning that
Have we made headway in addressing the quality of maternity care, or haven’t we? Suzanne calls Elliott Main, obstetrician and Medical Director of the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC),
Suzanne dials up Leemore Dafny, a Harvard professor and economist, to find out how she keeps a “glass half full” outlook in the face of provider consolidation and higher prices
Suzanne asks Dr. Kavita Patel, a Nonresident Fellow at the Brookings Institution and a practicing primary care physician, the toughest questions about rising pharmacy prices. What’s behind the increase? Why
Listen in as Suzanne chats with François de Brantes, Vice President & Director at the Altarum Center for Payment Innovation, about a brand new benefit design called Medical Episode Spending
In the movement to population-based payment, payers are finding ways to hold providers accountable for the cost of their patients’ care. In the past several years, providers have made the
If you’re an HR or health benefits manager, Catalyst for Payment Reform is on a mission to empower you to take the next step in your career. We know you
Suzanne Delbanco dials up Jen Benz, founder and CEO of Benz Communications, to tackle a range of topics related to employee benefits communication, including personalized messaging, technology trends, privacy concerns,
Listen to Suzanne chat with Mary Bradley, Director of Healthcare Strategy at Pitney Bowes, about how and why she works with other employers to get stronger and smarter in her
Over the last seventeen years, one of the questions I have heard most often from employers and other big purchasers of health care is “Which quality measures matter the most?”
Back in 2012, CPR issued a statement on behalf of our purchaser members and other health care organizations affirming that information about the price and quality of health care services
Suzanne Delbanco, Executive Director of Catalyst for Payment Reform, dials up Jeff Selberg, Executive Director of the Peterson Center on Healthcare, to chat about the foundation’s goal to make health
Open enrollment showers follow spring flowers? Perhaps a lesser known idiom, but if you are a benefits manager or HR professional working to provide health care to a population, you
Listen in as Suzanne dials up Peter Lee, Executive Director of Covered California. He runs one of the country’s most successful state exchanges, putting private sector purchasing strategies to use
Some benefit designs are more intuitive than others. When considering the range of complex benefit designs employers and other health care purchasers use to steer their employees to high-value care,
