A $4,999.00 Surprise
July 12, 2019
What happens when a patient goes to the emergency room and gets treated by a doctor that’s out of network…
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Frank Opelka on how surgeons view bundled payment
July 09, 2019
Suzanne Delbanco chats with Frank Opelka, MD, FACS, Medical Director for Quality and Health Policy with the American College of…
Project ECHO is creating waves, employers should take notice
July 08, 2019
What started as a localized solution for improving access to care in New Mexico has quickly spread through the country.…
California is changing the game on maternal care quality
July 01, 2019
California is leading the charge to defy the distressing maternal mortality trends nationwide. While nationally the rate of maternal deaths…
Employers, does your high-value program need CPR?
June 21, 2019
Take a moment now to think of all your monthly memberships and subscriptions – we’re willing to bet there’s at…
Seize the Day: free resources for benefit managers
June 17, 2019
Are you someone who manages health care benefits within a private company or a public agency, aka a “purchaser”? Have…
Navigating benefit design for low-wage workers
June 11, 2019
There was a time when benefit design was straightforward, consisting of a flat $20 co-pay and insurance covered the rest.…
Rachel Brodie on Patient-Reported Outcome Measures
June 10, 2019
Suzanne Delbanco calls Rachel Brodie, Director of the Performance Information programs at Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH) to discuss…
Kaveh Safavi on how health system complexity is a $5B problem
June 03, 2019
Listen in to Kaveh Safavi, MD, JD, Senior Managing Director, Head of Global Health Practice at Accenture, as he discusses…
Sam Arsenault on using quality ratings to improve outcomes in substance use disorder treatment
May 28, 2019
Suzanne Delbanco catches up with Sam Arsenault, Director of National Treatment Quality Initiatives for Shatterproof, on the latest milestones in…