The Silver Tsunami of Aging Workers
January 28, 2019
The baby boomers are aging the United States’ population at an unprecedented rate. Some are calling it the Silver Tsunami. Approximately 10,000 baby boomers turn
Mike Stull on employers tackling Rx costs
January 21, 2019
Suzanne Delbanco checks in with Mike Stull, Chief Marketing Officer at Employers Health Coalition, to talk all things pharmacy. Listen in as Suzanne and Mike
The Unsustainability of Health Care Costs- Something’s Got to Give
October 9, 2018
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, once again Kaiser Family Foundation’s 2018 annual survey of employers demonstrated how health care costs in
Bob Berenson on getting to the heart of wasteful spending in health care
September 4, 2018
Suzanne dials up her provider payment “guru”- Bob Berenson of the Urban Institute. Bob draws on his 20 years experience as an internal medicine doctor
Maryland and California’s Efforts to Combat Rising Prescription Drug Costs
August 21, 2018
Can states combat rising prescription drug costs? The rising costs of prescription drugs is a high priority for patients, providers, payers, and purchasers at the
Unnecessary surgery happens more often (& costs more) than you think
August 6, 2018
Overuse, misuse, and underuse of care are all types of inappropriate care that can result in negative patient outcomes and increased health care costs. In
Jaime King on state efforts to address pharmacy prices
June 4, 2018
CPR’s senior project and research manager, Roz Murray, calls Jaime King, Associate Dean and Faculty Director of the UCSF/UC Hastings Consortium on Science, Law and
Revolutionary: An interactive data tool on health care spending
May 29, 2018
Data is beautiful, even when you’re looking at a monstrous thing like the $2.10 trillion dollars spent in U.S. health care in 2013. If you
What are mental health issues really costing us?
March 30, 2018
Did you know that the U.S. spends over $200 billion on mental health disorders, ranking it as one of the costliest areas of health care,
Lauren Vela on how employers can cut wasteful drug spending if they ban together
March 5, 2018
Why is it so important that employers pay close attention to their formularies? Emily Roesing calls Lauren Vela, Senior Director of Member Value at the
Health Care Cost Drivers: Cancer
February 13, 2018
You’re probably aware that the U.S. spends a lot on cancer, but do you know how much? In 2014 roughly $88 billion was spent in the
Dana Goldman on waste and value in Rx spending
January 29, 2018
When Suzanne Delbanco called Dana Goldman, Director of the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at the University of Southern California, she learned about
Do the cost of cancer drugs have you worried? Us too.
November 28, 2017
We spend a lot of time at CPR thinking about rising pharmacy prices. Today, let’s look specifically at cancer drugs. According to the American Society
Mollyann Brodie on Americans and pharmacy prices
September 11, 2017
With the increasing cost of prescription drugs seeming never-ending, Suzanne waned to check in with the polling expert, Mollyann Brodie, Senior Vice President for Executive Operations at
Palliative Care: What is it and how can it benefit employers?
August 22, 2017
Because CPR typically works with employers seeking to improve the value of the health care they buy for an employee population, we tend to focus
Health Care Cost Drivers: Pharmaceuticals
August 1, 2017
Last week, CPR explored the impact that health care prices have on health care costs—particularly in markets with less competition among hospitals and health systems.
Dr. Kavita Patel on how to combat the vicious cycle of rising pharmacy costs
July 31, 2017
Suzanne asks Dr. Kavita Patel, a Nonresident Fellow at the Brookings Institution and a practicing primary care physician, the toughest questions about rising pharmacy prices.
Health Care Cost Drivers: Prices
July 25, 2017
For any of us who work in health care – even as benefit managers – one of the questions we dread the most at a