Nathan Counts on what it’s like to buy health care for 1 in every 300 Americans
April 19, 2021
Suzanne Delbanco chats with Nathan Counts, a seasoned health benefits professional who recently joined Amtrak as Head of Total Rewards.…
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How Employers Can Benefit from the Digital Health Explosion
March 01, 2021
Ryan Olmstead, MPH, wrote this blog. If I’d only stuffed a dollar in a jar every time I heard of…
San Francisco tackles mental health care access in the midst of COVID-19
October 27, 2020
San Francisco Health Service System (SFHSS) purchases health benefits for over 120,000 City and County employees, retirees and their dependents…
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. …
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…
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…
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…
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…
California is changing the game on maternal care quality
July 01, 2019
California is leading the charge to defy the distressing maternal mortality trends nationwide. While nationally the rate of maternal deaths…