In this blog post, we offer best practices for vendors preparing for “case study” presentations in the direct-to-employer context.
First of all, why case studies? Case studies are empirical inquiries that investigate a phenomenon in a real-world context.
“Are there opportunities to steer to a quality provider or facility down the street? If we can’t do that with the data, then we’re not serving the interest of our employers and their employees and getting them the health care that they need.” – Thi Montavlo, Willis Towers Watson
Suzanne Delbanco catches up with CJ Stimson, MD, JD, the Senior Vice President of Value Transformation at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), to discuss Vanderbilt’s direct contract bundled payment arrangement for maternity care with Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS).
Nathan Counts, who holds a master’s in mathematics and got his start as an Actuarial Consultant, is at the forefront of the data revolution in health benefits.
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Catalyst for Payment Reform will focus on three strategies in 2021.
The first is to help purchasers stimulate a more competitive and cost-conscious health care system.
CPR’s mission is to help employers and other health care purchasers get better value for their health care dollar. We publish numerous free resources intended to benefit stakeholders across the
CPR is grateful to both our guests and audience who have contributed to our Listening In (with Permission) podcast series. Since CPR launched the podcast in the spring of 2017,
This is going to be quite a year. At CPR we’ve fastened our seatbelts for full speed. The core of what we do remains the same: we are pushing for
Are you someone who manages health care benefits within a private company or a public agency, aka a “purchaser”? Have you ever asked yourself, what is CPR and what can
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With the passage into law of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on December 22, 2017, this bill is now in the rear-view mirror. While the tax impact on corporations
At CPR, we believe that one purchaser alone cannot move the market, but many purchasers working together toward a common goal and with a common strategy can create real and
Looking ahead to 2018, those working to improve the health care marketplace have our work cut out for us. Provider consolidation is creating lopsided market dynamics, specialty drugs are causing
CPR’s Scorecard on Payment Reform team is proud to announce its selection of three states to pilot Scorecard 2.0, each led by a local sponsoring organization. A pilot in New
Listen as CPR’s Andréa Caballero dials up Andrea Ducas, program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), to discuss how CPR’s Scorecard 2.0, which is sponsored by RWJF, fits into
Do you want to give your employees access to the best quality care? Do you want to find ways to reduce your organization’s health care spending? Did you answer “Yes”
