Overcoming the Market Dominance of Hospitals
This article first appeared in JAMANetwork.com. It is co-authored with Soleil Shah and Amol S. Navathe. Amidst remarkable uncertainty for its future, one of the most concerning and constant trends […]
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Reducing Administrative Waste in the US Health Care System
This article first appeared in JAMANetwork.com. The US health care system is famous for its expense and its waste. In a 2019 study, Shrank et al1 estimated that about 25%, or […]
Strategic Priorities For The Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services To Advance Medicaid Reform
This article first appeared in healthaffairs.org. It is co-authored with Amol S. Navathe, Mark B. McClellan, Christopher Chen, Judy Zerzan, and Julian Harris. In the months and years ahead, a […]
What we must do to prepare for the next pandemic, a guest commentary
This article first appeared in BioCentury.com. It is co-authored with David Beier. The U.S. is not ready for the next pandemic. Our public health infrastructure and planning process are not […]
Incentives and information drive health care innovation: lessons from Medicare Advantage
This article first appeared in statnews.com. It is co-authored with Bryan Roberts. Health care in America often feels like it moves at a glacial pace, if that fast. Case in […]
Medicare Payment Reform’s Next Decade: A Strategic Plan For The Center For Medicare And Medicaid Innovation
This article first appeared in healthaffairs.org. It is co-authored with Amol S. Navathe, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Sherry Glied, and Farzad Mostashari. The federal government is facing a fiscal crisis with impending […]
Op-Ed: The COVID-19 vaccines are coming. Here’s how they should be rolled out
This article first appeared on latimes.com. It is co-authored with Dana Goldman. Sometime in the next few months we are likely to enter the era of COVID-19 vaccines. With billions […]
How To Ensure COVID-19 Doesn’t Delay Value-Based Care
This article first appeared on healthaffairs.org. It is co-authored with Soleil Shah. The prognosis of COVID-19 on the US health care system may include yet another devastating outcome: delaying its […]
Reopening America’s Schools and Colleges During COVID-19
This article first appeared on FREOPP.org. It is co-authored with Lanhee Chen, Preston Cooper, Dan Lips, and Avik Roy. To reduce economic and health disparities, we must reopen schools, colleges, […]
Why Isn’t Innovation Helping Reduce Health Care Costs?
This article first appeared on healthaffairs.org. It is co-authored with Eli M. Cahan and Roger Bohn. National health care expenditures (NHEs) in the United States continue to grow at rates […]
