MYTHBUSTER: Health plans will lead the way in advancing bundled payments
July 01, 2020
U.S. employers are hungry for new approaches to managing health care costs and improving quality. The average annual premium for employer-sponsored family…
PAYMENT REFORM
If you’re playing without a REF, you can’t trust the scoreboard
June 22, 2020
Imagine trying to watch or play sports without a referee. Baseball teams could declare every at bat a home run,…
You’re Invited: Experts discuss COVID-19 repercussions
May 05, 2020
It’s hard to articulate the scope and scale by which the COVID-19 pandemic has uprooted our lives. Everything has changed:…
Marilyn Bartlett on Montana’s “Medicare Plus” contracting strategy
March 31, 2020
Recorded on February 28, 2020. Listen in as Suzanne Delbanco speaks with Marilyn Bartlett, CPA, CMA, CFM, Senior Policy Fellow…
Michael Chernew on evaluating APMs in terms of sustainability
March 10, 2020
Suzanne calls Michael Chernew, PhD, director of the Healthcare Markets and Regulation (HMR) Lab in the Department of Health Care Policy at…
Why many employers have primary care on their mind
March 02, 2020
Last year, Amazon/Berkshire Hathaway/ JP Morgan Chase’s Haven Healthcare made a splash across the health care industry, not only for the…
2020: CPR’s Agenda to Reform the Health Care Marketplace for Employers-Purchasers and their Plan Members
January 07, 2020
This is going to be quite a year. At CPR we’ve fastened our seatbelts for full speed. The core of…
Positive results from TennCare’s Innovative Payment and Delivery Reform Programs
November 26, 2019
When the health care payment reform movement began, the first thing CPR saw was an uptick in pay for performance. …
Will Medicaid Managed Care States invent next-gen payment reform?
November 19, 2019
At present, 39 states plus the District of Columbia contract with managed care organizations (MCOs) to provide care for some…
Brooks Daverman on Tennessee Medicaid’s bundled payment success
August 26, 2019
Listen in to Brooks Daverman, Deputy Director of TennCare (Tennessee’s Medicaid program), debate Catalyst for Payment Reform’s Suzanne Delbanco on…