Tricky question. As this Slate article explains, measuring the effect of providing insurance is difficult because those with insurance and those without may differ in many ways that cannot be controlled. Luckily, there
Roz Murray, CPR’s Senior Project and Research Manager, called Jeff Rideout and his team, Lindsay Erickson and Ginamarie Gianandrea, to learn about the Integrated Healthcare Association’s (IHA) effort to standardize
You’re probably aware that the U.S. spends a lot on cancer, but do you know how much? In 2014 roughly $88 billion was spent in the U.S. on cancer-related health care.
Suzanne is curious to learn from Michael Chernew, Health Economist and Professor at the Harvard Medical School, about employers’ role in demanding and participating in evaluations of payment and delivery
What do patients think makes for high-quality care? This is the question that the Public Agenda’s July 2017 report “Qualities That Matter: Public Perceptions of Quality in Diabetes Care, Joint
Suzanne calls Jeff Goldsmith, President of Health Futures, Inc and National Advisor to Navigant Healthcare, to learn why he has long been cynical of accountable care organizations (ACOs) and inquire
With the passage into law of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on December 22, 2017, this bill is now in the rear-view mirror. While the tax impact on corporations
When Suzanne Delbanco called Dana Goldman, Director of the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at the University of Southern California, she learned about what leads to waste in
Andréa Caballero dials up Jonathan Mathieu, VP of Research and Compliance & Chief Economist at the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC). They discuss the provocative research using
Any benefit communications expert will advise you of the importance of having a year-round benefit communications and marketing strategy, as opposed to focusing your communication efforts only during annual enrollment.
Ryan Olmstead, CPR’s director of member services, calls Lisa Yee, executive director of the Silicon Valley Employers Forum, to hear about her work with large employers in Silicon Valley in
The prevalence of Type II Diabetes continues to soar in the United States with an estimated 1.5 million new cases diagnosed every year. Unsurprisingly, strategies to mitigate costs and improve
Surprised by health plans’ lack of measuring patient experience of care, Suzanne calls up Tom Lee, Chief Medical Officer at Press Ganey, who is an expert in this space. Dr. Lee
As the nation prepared for the rollout of “public exchanges,” many experts opined that employers would stop directly offering health insurance benefits to their employees and instead give them a
Will we continue to see huge mergers and acquisitions in 2018? What impact will they have on consumers? What should employers be optimistic about for next year? Emily Roesing, CPR’s
We know behavioral health care is a major cost driver for employers and other health care purchasers, often displaying double digit growth year over year. But did you know that
Andréa Caballero dials up the joint sponsors of the Virginia Scorecard on Payment Reform pilot, Doug Gray, Executive Director of the Virginia Association of Health Plans, and Beth Bortz, President
At CPR, we believe that one purchaser alone cannot move the market, but many purchasers working together toward a common goal and with a common strategy can create real and
CPR’s senior project & research manager, Roz Murray, calls Dr. Corey Waller, Physician and Consultant at Complex Care Consulting LLC, to talk about employers’ challenges in identifying substance use disorders
We spend a lot of time at CPR thinking about rising pharmacy prices. Today, let’s look specifically at cancer drugs. According to the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), new
