Are we really transitioning away from fee-for-service? Suzanne calls Bob Berenson, MD, Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute, to discuss the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, why it’s flawed and why
Listen in to CPR’s Director of Member Services, Ryan Olmstead, catch up with Lynn Quincy, Director of the Altarum Healthcare Value Hub. They discuss Lynn’s favorite issue brief, the pitfalls
Suzanne dials up Farzad Mostashari, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Aledade, an innovative organization with the mission to support primary care providers (PCPs) in the shift to value-based payment.
Why is it so important that employers pay close attention to their formularies? Emily Roesing calls Lauren Vela, Senior Director of Member Value at the Pacific Business Group on Health,
Suzanne chats with Larry Levitt, Senior VP for Health Reform at the Kaiser Family Foundation, about employers’ role in health care coverage given the passage of the recent tax law.
Roz Murray, CPR’s Senior Project and Research Manager, called Jeff Rideout and his team, Lindsay Erickson and Ginamarie Gianandrea, to learn about the Integrated Healthcare Association’s (IHA) effort to standardize
Suzanne is curious to learn from Michael Chernew, Health Economist and Professor at the Harvard Medical School, about employers’ role in demanding and participating in evaluations of payment and delivery
Suzanne calls Jeff Goldsmith, President of Health Futures, Inc and National Advisor to Navigant Healthcare, to learn why he has long been cynical of accountable care organizations (ACOs) and inquire
When Suzanne Delbanco called Dana Goldman, Director of the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at the University of Southern California, she learned about what leads to waste in
Andréa Caballero dials up Jonathan Mathieu, VP of Research and Compliance & Chief Economist at the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC). They discuss the provocative research using
Ryan Olmstead, CPR’s director of member services, calls Lisa Yee, executive director of the Silicon Valley Employers Forum, to hear about her work with large employers in Silicon Valley in
Surprised by health plans’ lack of measuring patient experience of care, Suzanne calls up Tom Lee, Chief Medical Officer at Press Ganey, who is an expert in this space. Dr. Lee
Will we continue to see huge mergers and acquisitions in 2018? What impact will they have on consumers? What should employers be optimistic about for next year? Emily Roesing, CPR’s
Andréa Caballero dials up the joint sponsors of the Virginia Scorecard on Payment Reform pilot, Doug Gray, Executive Director of the Virginia Association of Health Plans, and Beth Bortz, President
CPR’s senior project & research manager, Roz Murray, calls Dr. Corey Waller, Physician and Consultant at Complex Care Consulting LLC, to talk about employers’ challenges in identifying substance use disorders
Andréa Caballero dials up Linda Schwimmer, President and CEO of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, to hear about the challenges and successes of the health care marketplace in
Suzanne calls Jennie Pao, Manager of Health Care Planning at Pitney Bowes, to learn about her experience with the ACO performance reports Pitney Bowes receives from its health plans and
Have we made headway in addressing the quality of maternity care, or haven’t we? Suzanne calls Elliott Main, obstetrician and Medical Director of the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC),
Suzanne dials up Leemore Dafny, a Harvard professor and economist, to find out how she keeps a “glass half full” outlook in the face of provider consolidation and higher prices
Suzanne talks to Diane Meier, Director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) about a specialty that is not getting the attention it deserves yet–palliative care. Learn what it
