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Venrock 7

July 31, 2014by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

With our fundraising complete for Venrock 7, Bryan Roberts and I are looking forward to putting more capital to work in the healthcare IT space. We believe now is the […]

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Entrepreneurs, Healthcare, Healthcare IT, Venture Capital

Doctors Without State Borders: Practicing Across State Lines

February 18, 2014by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article was first published in the HealthAffairs Blog. Note: In addition to Robert Kocher, this post is authored, by Topher Spiro, Vice President, Health Policy, Center for American Progress ; […]

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Healthcare

Hot Spots in Health IT

October 4, 2013by bkocher2013 6 Comments

This article was first published in VentureBeat. Health IT is hot…and it’s about time.  Investors and entrepreneurs alike are flocking to the sector that once seemed insurmountable, yet is desperately […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare IT

The Downside of Health Care Job Growth

September 23, 2013by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article was first published in the Harvard Business Review. While the growth of health care costs has slowed over the past few years, lowering costs over the long term […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare costs

Will The Readmission Rate Penalties Drive Hospital Behavior Changes?

February 14, 2013by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This post first appeared in the Health Affairs Blog. Since the development of the metric in 1984 by Anderson and Steinberg, inpatient hospital readmission rates have been used as a marker […]

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Healthcare

How Three Federal Initiatives Are Set To Transform U.S. Health Care

November 1, 2012by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This post first appeared in Forbes. The U.S. health care system today is fraught with wasteful spending that does not contribute to better outcomes for patients. The U.S. spends more on […]

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Healthcare

Creating Outcome-Driven Health Care Markets

October 23, 2012by bkocher2013 1 Comment

This post first appeared in the Health Affairs Blog. America’s health care market does not work well.  It is inefficient, asymmetric, and in most cases not particularly competitive.  The Affordable […]

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Healthcare

Why The Supreme Court Decision On Health Care Reform Doesn’t Really Matter

June 20, 2012by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This post first appeared in Forbes. When the Supreme Court announces its decision on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) it will kick off a storm of analysis […]

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Healthcare

Meaningful Use Of Health IT Stage 2: The Broader Meaning

March 15, 2012by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This post first appeared in the Health Affairs Blog. On February 24, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued the […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare IT

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