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…
NETWORK DESIGN
Chris Cigarran on why the status-quo is riskier than trying something new
August 11, 2020
Suzanne Delbanco connects with Chris Cigarran, CEO of Imagine Health, an alternative to traditional health insurance plans that uses partnerships…
Ashok Subramanian on why unit price is still a big deal
July 28, 2020
Suzanne Delbanco interviews Ashok Subramanian, CEO and Founder of Centivo, an alternative Third-Party Administrator (TPA) that emphasizes value-based direct contracting…
Want to improve maternity care? Embrace health equity
April 28, 2020
Mother’s Day is around the corner, and one of the greatest gifts the United States can give to mothers is…
Emily Chen of MediQuire on using data in direct contracting arrangements
December 17, 2019
CPR’s Program Director, Andréa Caballero, calls up MediQuire’s CEO, Emily Chen, to learn why purchasers are choosing to directly contract…
Got hospital “lemons” in your network? Ditch them or make lemon-“aid”?
October 22, 2019
A few weeks ago, we published a blog post on the challenges of building a high-performance network (HPN). We landed…
Tricia McGinnis on how Medicaid MCOs approach Social Determinants of Health
September 24, 2019
How and why are social determinants of health programs making their way into the Medicaid managed care realm? To find…
You can’t build a network by casting a net
July 29, 2019
Unpacking the complexity of high-performance network design The National Business Group on Health (NBGH) predicted that by 2018 a staggering…
Can surprise billing happen to you?
July 22, 2019
Last week, we told you about a $4,999 surprise bill. I didn’t have a $4,999 surprise, but it was close.…
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…