Listen in as Suzanne Delbanco calls Cheryl DeMars, President & CEO of The Alliance – a cooperative of 240 self-funded employers pooling their purchasing power to control costs and improve
Unpacking the complexity of high-performance network design The National Business Group on Health (NBGH) predicted that by 2018 a staggering 61% of employers would offer narrow or high-performance networks (HPNs).
Listen in as Trent Haywood, MD, JD, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, outlines key initiatives and goals for addressing social determinants
Last week, we told you about a $4,999 surprise bill. I didn’t have a $4,999 surprise, but it was close. At 30 years old, I had a tonsillectomy. I was
What happens when a patient goes to the emergency room and gets treated by a doctor that’s out of network – even if the hospital facility is in-network? Or if
Suzanne Delbanco chats with Frank Opelka, MD, FACS, Medical Director for Quality and Health Policy with the American College of Surgeons, to understand how surgeons across the United States view
What started as a localized solution for improving access to care in New Mexico has quickly spread through the country. By utilizing technology and embracing a knowledge-sharing culture, Project ECHO,
California is leading the charge to defy the distressing maternal mortality trends nationwide. While nationally the rate of maternal deaths rates rose from 2006-2013, California achieved a 55 percent reduction.
Take a moment now to think of all your monthly memberships and subscriptions – we’re willing to bet there’s at least one that you’re likely not using to its full
Are you someone who manages health care benefits within a private company or a public agency, aka a “purchaser”? Have you ever asked yourself, what is CPR and what can
There was a time when benefit design was straightforward, consisting of a flat $20 co-pay and insurance covered the rest. Then, health care costs began to grow at an unsustainable
Suzanne Delbanco calls Rachel Brodie, Director of the Performance Information programs at Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH) to discuss patient-reported outcomes (PROs). Listen in to learn how PROs work
Listen in to Kaveh Safavi, MD, JD, Senior Managing Director, Head of Global Health Practice at Accenture, as he discusses recent research on the associated costs of the United State’s
Suzanne Delbanco catches up with Sam Arsenault, Director of National Treatment Quality Initiatives for Shatterproof, on the latest milestones in the work to bring provider quality ratings into the substance
The slow progress in the behavioral health space, especially toward quality and accessibility of care for behavioral health and substance use disorders (BH/SUD), is concerning. While payment reform is spreading
On top of health care’s already complex landscape, significant legislative and regulatory activity is expected over the next few years to address health care priorities at the federal and state
Listen in as Ateev Mehrotra, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of health care policy and medicine at Harvard Medical School and a hospitalist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, chats all
Listen in as Suzanne Delbanco chats with Gloria Sachdev, PharmD, President and CEO of the Employers’ Forum of Indiana. They discuss one of the hottest studies in health care: the
Nowadays, our smartphones and other devices constantly flood our minds with notifications, so much so that phone makers are rolling out ways to get you to put your phone down.
Listen in as CPR’s Executive Director, Suzanne Delbanco, chats with Google’s Former Healthcare Delivery Benefits Manager, Rob Paczkowski. Just like the HR department of many employers, the benefits team at
