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.
The digital health explosion has left many employers wondering how to prioritize which bright, shiny new solution to chase, how to discern which solutions are really fool’s gold, and how to get the most from an existing program.
The onset of COVID-19 brought new challenges to San Francisco Health Service System (SFHSS) in its mission to preserve and improve sustainable, high quality health benefits for City and County employees, retirees, and their dependents.
When the health care payment reform movement began, the first thing CPR saw was an uptick in pay for performance. Because payers had some experience with providing bonuses to health
Suzanne Delbanco speaks with Peter Lee, Executive Director of Covered California Health Exchange, to discover how Covered California plans to accelerate positive change in the health care system. Hint: Alignment with other large health care purchasers is at the center.
Bob Galvin MD, Operating Partner of Equity Healthcare and former Executive Director of Health Services and Chief Medical Officer for General Electric, suggests that the novel coronavirus paired with a challenging economy offers employer-purchasers a powerful inflection point.
Recorded on February 28, 2020. Listen in as Suzanne Delbanco speaks with Marilyn Bartlett, CPA, CMA, CFM, Senior Policy Fellow with the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP). Prior
Amazon is far from alone as an employer interested in rolling out a primary care strategy for their plan members. CPR is ready to help employer-purchasers understand the latest evidence on high-value primary care and the dynamic primary care marketplace.
Listen in to Brooks Daverman, Deputy Director of TennCare (Tennessee’s Medicaid program), debate Catalyst for Payment Reform’s Suzanne Delbanco on the need for standard bundled payment definitions. They draw on
California is leading the charge to defy the distressing maternal mortality trends nationwide. While nationally the rate of maternal deaths rates rose from 2006-2013, California achieved a 55 percent reduction.
Listen in as CPR’s Executive Director, Suzanne Delbanco, chats with Google’s Former Healthcare Delivery Benefits Manager, Rob Paczkowski. Just like the HR department of many employers, the benefits team at
Like so many others in the industry, CPR staff are monitoring the buzz about Amazon/Berkshire Hathaway/ JP Morgan Chase’s Haven Healthcare. We noticed that the role of primary care is
Suzanne Delbanco calls up Lisa Woods, Senior Director of Health Care Benefits at Walmart Stores, Inc., to discuss Walmart’s efforts to control costs and deliver high-value health care using a
Are you surprised to know that pharmacy costs are actually comparable to inpatient hospital spend? After all, pharmacy spend eats up 20 cents for every health care dollar a purchaser
Suzanne Delbanco dials up Emily Transue, MD, Associate Medical Director for Clinical Quality and Care Transformation at the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA). They discuss HCA’s shared decision making
CPR’s Director of Member Services, Ryan Olmstead, chats with Andreas Mang, Chief Operating and Innovation Officer at Equity Healthcare (EH). Learn how EH broke new ground in streamlining care navigation,
Updated on October 21, 2019 No two employers are alike especially when it comes to health care purchasing. Benefits offerings need to reflect unique characteristics, like employee demographics and health
One reason health care costs are so high is the exorbitant waste in our health care system. About one-third of all care provided to patients is considered “waste,” meaning that
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.
