Rick Abbott on lowering costs by focusing on quality
August 17, 2020
Suzanne Delbanco chats with Rick Abbott, VP of Product and Market Solutions at Premera Blue Cross. Premera Blue Cross is…
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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…
Alan Muney, MD, on why large health plans have a total cost of care advantage
July 21, 2020
Listen in as Suzanne Delbanco connects with Alan Muney, MD, MHA, former Chief Medical Officer of Cigna, former CEO of…
Anna Sinaiko on lessons learned from 40 years of consumerism in health care
June 16, 2020
Listen in as Suzanne Delbanco chats with Anna Sinaiko, PhD, Assistant Professor at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of…
Peter Lee on what alignment means for large purchasers like Covered California
May 19, 2020
Suzanne Delbanco speaks with Peter Lee, Executive Director of Covered California Health Exchange, to discover how Covered California plans to…
Zach Brown on the impact of accessible price transparency
May 11, 2020
Suzanne Delbanco chats with Zach Brown, PhD, Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan. Zach Brown used a…
Bob Galvin on what COVID-19 means for health care purchasers
April 28, 2020
Listen in as CPR’s Executive Director, Suzanne Delbanco, dials up Bob Galvin, MD, Operating Partner of Equity Healthcare and former…
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…