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To Fight Surprise Medical Bills, Create a Powerful United Patient Lobby

February 25, 2020by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared on STATnews.com. It is co-authored with Soleil Shah. Physicians are taught to prioritize the interests of their patients, using their knowledge, preferences, and values to guide […]

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Healthcare

The Downside of Strong Growth in Health Care Jobs: Higher Costs

January 14, 2020by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared on STATnews.com. It is co-authored with Ezekiel J. Emanuel. Jobs growth soars (CNBC). November Job Growth Booms (USA Today). US economy smashes forecasts (Business Insider). That […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare costs

How to Cure the Antibiotic Industry’s Profitability Infection

November 14, 2019by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared on Fortune.com. It is co-authored with Megan Blewett and Bobby Shady. This June, a group of biotech representatives converged on San Francisco. They had come to […]

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Healthcare

Build vs. Buy: What Should Health Systems Do?

September 18, 2019by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared in NEJM Catalyst. It is co-authored with Nirav R. Shah, MD, MPH, and Charles M. Farkas, MBA. The consolidation craze continues, but vertical integration has yet to demonstrate real […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare costs

Virta’s two-year results are a win for payers, providers and patients living with type 2 diabetes

June 6, 2019by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

As an investor, I use three heuristics to evaluate healthcare startups. Will the product or service… Improve dramatically a patient’s experience of care? Materially reduce the per patient cost of […]

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Healthcare, Uncategorized

While Considering Medicare For All: Policies For Making Health Care In The United States Better

June 6, 2019by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared on HealthAffairs.org. It is co-authored with Donald M. Berwick. While it is fascinating to think about “Medicare for All” (and one of us strongly favors it), it […]

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Healthcare

People Cost Even More Than Drugs: The Imperative For Productivity

April 23, 2019by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared on HealthAffairs.org. While high drug prices and price hikes are getting lots of attention from the media, the biggest reason health care in the United States costs […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare costs

Why Health Care Startups Are Excited About Insurance Companies

April 2, 2019by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared on Fortune.org. It is co-authored with Bryan Roberts. An interesting trend is emerging in the health care world: Startups are starting to target insurers, or payers, […]

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Healthcare

Devoted Health: Relationships & Purpose

October 16, 2018by bkocher2013 1 Comment

By Bob Kocher and Bryan Roberts Probably the most rewarding part of venture investing is tackling difficult problems with great people (and then succeeding…).  Devoted Health is a textbook case. […]

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Entrepreneurs, Healthcare, Healthcare costs, Healthcare IT

Virta Can Reverse Type 2 Diabetes for Many

March 8, 2017by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

In medical school, we committed thousands of pages of medical textbooks to memory about diseases and how to treat them. Like generations of doctors, I memorized that Type 2 Diabetes […]

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Entrepreneurs, Healthcare, Healthcare IT, Venture Capital

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