A database might sound like something that only law students and policy wonks care about. But most stakeholders would benefit from understanding the legal constraints and opportunities that state laws create when it comes to improving the functioning of the health care system.
Introducing new tools from CPR to standardize the evaluations of Centers of Excellence, High Performance Networks, Reference Based Pricing programs, Bundled Payments. Each tool is tailored to measure relevant program performance in terms of cost of care savings, quality outcomes, changes in utilization, and member experience.
Suzanne Delbanco, CPR’s Executive Director, checks in with Debbie Welle-Powell, Chief Population Health Officer at Essentia Health, an integrated health system in the Midwest. Debbie and Suzanne discuss the definition
Over the last several years, of all efforts to reform care delivery, health plans most prolifically adopted and implemented accountable care organizations (ACOs). As of August 2018, there were 1,011
Andréa Caballero speaks with David Muhlestein, Chief Research Officer at Leavitt Partners, about his latest research titled “Growth of Population-Based Payments is Not Associated With a Decrease in Market-Level Cost
Suzanne dials up Farzad Mostashari, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Aledade, an innovative organization with the mission to support primary care providers (PCPs) in the shift to value-based payment.
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
Suzanne calls Jennie Pao, Manager of Health Care Planning at Pitney Bowes, to learn about her experience with the ACO performance reports Pitney Bowes receives from its health plans and
Fun fact! There are almost 1,000 active accountable care organizations (ACO) across the United States, covering more than 32 million lives (~10 percent of the U.S. population). If you are
