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$935 billion. It’s hard to imagine what that number really means. It’s approximately the amount the United States spends on…
Food insecurity is more prevalent in the United States than you might think, and it has wide-ranging implications on health…
Imagine recently having a medical procedure and you’re on the road to recovery. You’re beginning to feel well, planning to…
Before the pandemic, the use of telemedicine was steadily increasing as a care modality, but still faced regulatory, payment, and…
Job postings and new C-Suite openings for chief health equity officers (CHEOs) have become more and more common over the…
In 2020, CPR started its work with the NY Health Foundation (NYHealth) to track the state’s progress toward creating an…
32BJ Health Fund | New York’s pricey hospitals draw pushback from labor Aon | U.S. Employers Eye Provider Networks Amid…
Imagine for a moment, a U.S. health care system that performs as well or better than its international peers, or…
Suzanne calls up Candace Shaffer, Senior Director, Benefits at Purdue University to discuss the benefits purchasing strategies that she…
Andréa call Allison Sesso, President and CEO of RIP Medical Debt (RIP) to discuss the crisis of Medical Debt and…
Andréa calls Dr. Vikas Saini, President of the LOWN Institute to discuss their Hospital Index which measures a hospital’s social…
Once upon a time, I used to work for a health plan (I won’t name it here, but it’s obvious…
Julianne calls up Doug Aldeen, ESQ an ERISA Healthcare Attorney and General Counsel to discuss the Reference-based Pricing (RBP) landscape,…
Sarah Hostetter, Managing Director, Physician and Ambulatory Research at Advisory Board speaks with Suzanne about the landscape of physician practices.…
The Covid-19 pandemic had worldwide effects of which we are still feeling the aftershocks today, and in the U.S., the…
When my younger daughter Dylan was three, she emphatically declared that she hated swimming lessons. Unfortunately for her, she has a mother (me)…
As an independent, nonprofit organization with the mission to catalyze employers, public purchasers and others to implement strategies that produce…
In the one dozen years since CPR began, we have tackled a number of big issues in health care, pushing…
Suzanne calls up Gloria Sachdev to discuss the Employer’s Forum of Indiana’s (EFI) latest tool, Sage Transparency. Sage Transparency is…
Suzanne speaks to Marilyn Bartlett about the National Academy for State Health Policy’s (NASHP) Hospital Cost Tool and her role…
CPR is thankful for all the top health care minds who have taken time out of their busy schedules to…
It was late 2019. CPR was approaching its tenth year of leading the payment reform movement and wanted to take…
Suzanne calls up Karen Sepucha, PhD, director of the Health Decision Sciences Center in the General Medicine Division at Massachusetts…
Suzanne calls up Nick Reber, CEO and Founder of Garner Health to talk price transparency, analytics, and quality. So what…
As 2020 came to an end and the call to address equity in all facets of society, health care included,…
Suzanne calls Jen Porto, Manager of Leader Education at Headspace Health to discuss strategies on developing a culture of mental…
Suzanne calls up Dr. Doug Salvador, Chief Quality Officer at Bay State Health and Board Member of the Society to…
Suzanne calls up Thi Montalvo, VP, Analytics and Reporting at Transcarent, and Elodie Olsen, Senior Director North America Health Analytics…
Suzanne calls Kelsey Brykman, Senior Program Officer at the Center for Health Care Strategies to talk about the intersection of…
New Morgan Health-NORC analysis reveals important insights about the largest source of health insurance coverage in the U.S. — employer-sponsored…
Suzanne calls Rachael Jones, Senior Vice President, Performance Analytics & Quality at Cotiviti, to discuss health equity and what employers…
32BJ Health Fund | 32BJ Health Fund releases report and analysis on hospital prices Aon | Aon tool quantifies impact…
Suzanne calls up Bob Galvin, CMO of Blackstone and chairman of CPR’s board of directors, to follow up on their…
In full disclosure, at the moment, I (thankfully) do not need knee surgery. But I might easily need it someday. …
Being a member of CPR is about so much more than being a leading national voice in the fight for…
Suzanne calls up Dr. Jeff Wells, CEO and co-founder of Marathon Health to talk about advanced primary care models and…
At the risk of appearing tone deaf, we think it’s time for employers and other health care purchasers to give…
Suzanne calls up Peter Lee, the former Executive Director of Covered California to talk about the last twenty years in…
Suzanne calls up Aneesh Chopra, Co-Founder and President of CareJourney, to talk about the current state of health care transparency…
If you go to any job search site and look at open positions for a Director of Benefits, you’ll likely…
Suzanne calls Alice Hm Chen, Chief Medical Officer at Covered California, and asks about her work in quality measurement and…
Purchasers, brace yourselves for a radical idea: the time has come for state governments to restore balance, competition and affordability…
If ever there was a worldwide phenomenon that perfectly captured the concept of “two sides of the same coin” it…
Suzanne Delbanco speaks with Roslyn (Roz) Murray, a doctoral candidate at The University of Michigan School of Public Health and…
Catalyst for Payment Reform, like many employers or teams, has operated in a fully remote work environment since the start…
April 11-17 is Black Maternal Health Week, which shines a spotlight on the disproportionately poor maternal health care and health…
My name is Torie Nugent-Peterson and I’m the newest member of the Catalyst for Payment Reform (CPR) team. As CPR’s…
On February 10, the U.S. Department of Labor released its latest monthly report on inflation. It was unwelcome news; the…
Just last week, the State of Massachusetts made headlines when its Health Policy Commission (HPC) launched what the press called…
“80% of providers believe that the unpaid caregiver should have a seat at table, but only 20% believe they actually…
December is wrapping up and the New Year is right around the corner. But just before looking ahead to 2022,…
Suzanne Delbanco calls Josephine (Jo) Porter to get the latest scoop on activities and developments regarding All-Payer Claims Databases (APCDs).…
December is a time for reflection: both on the year that passed, and on the year to come. December is…
In a prior blog article, we offered perspective on the latest findings from the 2021 Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health…
On Wednesday, November 10th, the Kaiser Family Foundation released results from its 2021 survey on trends in employer health benefits. …
Purchasers: how many times have you attended a meeting with your health plan that focused solely on high-level concepts and…
In case you missed it, the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC), which operates Colorado’s all-payer claims database…
Suzanne Delbanco speaks with Katy Spangler, Principal at Spangler Strategies, a boutique consulting firm focused on health care policy, advocacy,…
Suzanne Delbanco, PhD, Executive Director of Catalyst for Payment Reform, connects with Erin Fuse Brown, JD, MPH, Associate Professor of…
I’m writing today with an important ask of employers and other health care purchasers – to step off of the…
It’s almost that time of year – a warm pumpkin spice latte (PSL) is the drink for many at the…
Suzanne Delbanco catches up with Niall Brennan, President and CEO of the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI), to ask the tough…
At CPR, we have a saying: if you don’t have a REF, you can’t trust the scoreboard. That’s why CPR created…
