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…
PAYMENT REFORM
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…
Frank Opelka on how surgeons view bundled payment
July 09, 2019
Suzanne Delbanco chats with Frank Opelka, MD, FACS, Medical Director for Quality and Health Policy with the American College of…
Mental Health Month Wrap Up: A look at APMs in Behavioral Health
May 28, 2019
The slow progress in the behavioral health space, especially toward quality and accessibility of care for behavioral health and substance…
Gloria Sachdev on hospital-level price transparency
April 30, 2019
Listen in as Suzanne Delbanco chats with Gloria Sachdev, PharmD, President and CEO of the Employers’ Forum of Indiana. They…
Primary Care: An Amazonian-sized Effort
March 18, 2019
Like so many others in the industry, CPR staff are monitoring the buzz about Amazon/Berkshire Hathaway/ JP Morgan Chase’s Haven…
Using Policy Levers to Drive Change: A Last Resort?
February 26, 2019
Let’s face it. Something has got to give. While employers and health care purchasers have long tried to implement market-based…
Emily Transue on Washington State Health Care Authority’s shared decision making strategy
December 10, 2018
Suzanne Delbanco dials up Emily Transue, MD, Associate Medical Director for Clinical Quality and Care Transformation at the Washington State…