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…
PAYMENT REFORM
Bob Berenson on telehealth as the leading reason to ditch fee-for-service
July 19, 2021
Suzanne Delbanco consults Bob Berenson, MD, Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute, on what’s going on with telehealth payment policy…
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…
CJ Stimson on Improving Maternity Care for Nashville’s Public Schools through Bundled Payment
May 17, 2021
Suzanne Delbanco catches up with CJ Stimson, MD, JD, the Senior Vice President of Value Transformation at Vanderbilt University Medical…
Any Way the Wind Blows: The Future of Heath Care Payment Reform
January 19, 2021
What does the future hold for health care payment reform models? Julianne McGarry wrote this blog, which was originally published…
Positive results from TennCare’s Innovative Payment and Delivery Reform Programs
October 19, 2020
When the health care payment reform movement began, the first thing CPR saw was an uptick in pay for performance. …
Headway & Headwinds in Colorado: What purchasers can do when health systems won’t budge
September 28, 2020
The new RAND Hospital Price Transparency results once again turned a spotlight on the high and disparate prices employers and…
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…
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…