Updated on October 7, 2019 Congratulations! You’ve made it through another benefits planning season and you can finally relax. But not so fast. Focusing on execution during implementation is equally
Suzanne talks to Diane Meier, Director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) about a specialty that is not getting the attention it deserves yet–palliative care. Learn what it
Not too long ago, we busted the myth that high prices mean high quality care and that we can’t extend the retail mindset to health care. But do consumers actually
Listen in to Suzanne’s exchange with Marty Gaynor, Professor of Economics and Health Policy at Carnegie Mellon University and leading expert in consolidation and market competition, where he explains how physician and
Suzanne calls Mark McClellan, Director of the Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, to discuss what he knows about what’s going on in payment reform today, such as what types of
Looking ahead to 2018, those working to improve the health care marketplace have our work cut out for us. Provider consolidation is creating lopsided market dynamics, specialty drugs are causing
With the increasing cost of prescription drugs seeming never-ending, Suzanne waned to check in with the polling expert, Mollyann Brodie, Senior Vice President for Executive Operations at the Kaiser Family Foundation, to
CPR’s Scorecard on Payment Reform team is proud to announce its selection of three states to pilot Scorecard 2.0, each led by a local sponsoring organization. A pilot in New
In CPR’s column in Health Affairs last September, Suzanne and experts, Malini Nijagal and Jeff Levin-Scherz, highlighted how efforts to improve the rate of cesarean sections in the U.S have stagnated.
Go to any decent sized town or city in the U.S. and you are likely to find that the largest employer is the local hospital or health system. Not only
Listen as CPR’s Andréa Caballero dials up Andrea Ducas, program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), to discuss how CPR’s Scorecard 2.0, which is sponsored by RWJF, fits into
Because CPR typically works with employers seeking to improve the value of the health care they buy for an employee population, we tend to focus on cost drivers impacting the
Listen, as Suzanne dials back up Dr. Neel Shah, Obstetrician and Professor of Obstetrics at Harvard Medical School, to discuss why physicians need access to the cost of their patients’
According to British historian Alison Plowden, “the laws of genetics apply even if you refuse to learn them.” This truism, along with much of the momentum in this area, draws
Listen in as Suzanne learns from Mollyann Brodie, Senior Vice President for Executive Operations at the Kaiser Family Foundation, about the public’s thoughts and concerns about the opioid epidemic as well
Health care consumers today are not the same as they were five years ago. They are becoming savvier shoppers for care – paying increasing attention to prices and quality. The
Do you want to give your employees access to the best quality care? Do you want to find ways to reduce your organization’s health care spending? Did you answer “Yes”
In the olden days, doctors would make house calls – carrying their small black bags and visiting patients in the comfort of their own homes. Today, the traditional house call
Last week, CPR explored the impact that health care prices have on health care costs—particularly in markets with less competition among hospitals and health systems. This week, we will explore
For any of us who work in health care – even as benefit managers – one of the questions we dread the most at a neighborhood BBQ or cocktail party is
