Feeding two birds with one seed: payment reform, telehealth, & health equity
July 27, 2021
Like so many technologies before it, telehealth is a disruptive force with seemingly limitless potential. It can be a phone…
COST DRIVERS
How to boost your next direct-to-employer presentation in health care benefits
July 13, 2021
Vendors, Here’s What Employers Want to Know from You Earlier this year, Catalyst for Payment Reform brought a group of…
David Vivero on how federal price transparency rules are rewiring what’s possible
June 21, 2021
Suzanne Delbanco talks with David Vivero, CEO and Cofounder of Amino Health, a digital health care guidance solution that combines…
Patrick Tigue on Rhode Island’s Regulatory Strategy to Contain Health Care Costs
June 14, 2021
Suzanne calls Patrick Tigue, the Health Insurance Commissioner and former Medicaid Director of the state of Rhode Island. They discuss…
Go Ahead, Ask us Anything… About Reference-Based Pricing
May 25, 2021
Improving health care affordability is a top priority for employers and other health care purchasers across the country. But navigating…
Reference-based pricing: 3 models that cut health care cost inflation at its roots
April 12, 2021
Reference-based models address the root cause of high health care costs: the prices. Studies of health care costs reaffirm the…
What Xavier Becerra’s nomination as HHS Secretary could mean for employer-purchasers
December 07, 2020
As we learn that President-elect Biden has nominated Xavier Becerra for Secretary of Health and Human Services, the United States…
‘Tis the Season For A Teachable Moment (on Price Variation)
November 16, 2020
Ryan Olmstead, Director of Member Services, on why flu season is a teachable moment in high-value health care purchasing. It’s…
It’s harvest season: What are purchasers reaping from their network strategies?
October 12, 2020
Julianne McGarry, Director of Projects & Research, wrote this blog Harvest season for health benefits data kicked off last week…
Alan Muney, MD, on why large health plans have a total cost of care advantage
July 21, 2020
Listen in as Suzanne Delbanco connects with Alan Muney, MD, MHA, former Chief Medical Officer of Cigna, former CEO of…