Catalyst Commentary

Suzanne asks Dr. Kavita Patel, a Nonresident Fellow at the Brookings Institution and a practicing primary care physician, the toughest…

For any of us who work in health care – even as benefit managers – one of the questions we…

Listen as Suzanne calls Dr. Neel Shah, Obstetrician and Professor of Obstetrics at Harvard Medical School, to learn about the issues…

We all know that the U.S. health care system needs fixing, especially when it comes to cost and access, but…

Listen in as Suzanne chats with François de Brantes, Vice President & Director at the Altarum Center for Payment Innovation,…

In the movement to population-based payment, payers are finding ways to hold providers accountable for the cost of their patients’…

In an ideal market, a higher price correlates to a better quality product. When we shop for lightbulbs, for example,…

Listen as Suzanne dials up Mark Fendrick, MD, Director of the Center for Value-Based Insurance Design and General Internist at the University…

Here’s a new take on Goldilocks we bet you’ve never heard before. After years of fleeing from angry bears, Goldilocks…

Providers, health plans, purchasers, and consumers alike may be doing their part to push the health care system to deliver…