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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

How to Make Our Crazy, Expensive, Amazing, and Uneven Health Care System Better Faster

July 19, 2016by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This post first appeared in NEJM Catalyst. I am often asked by health care entrepreneurs, policymakers, health system leaders, and clinicians to “explain” how health care in America works — […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare costs, Healthcare IT

The Coming Battle over Shared Savings — Primary Care Physicians versus Specialists

July 13, 2016by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This paper was co-authored with Anuraag Chigurupati. Abstract: New health care payment models will create economic winners and losers. As primary care physicians are rewarded for contributing to savings, specialists […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare costs

What will happen when PCPs are paid like Quarterbacks?

July 13, 2016by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This post first appeared in The Evidence Base. It was co-authored with Anuraag Chigurupati. By 2019, more than 50% of all Medicare physician payments will be delivered through non-fee-for-service payment […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare costs

Through the Eyes of One ACO: Deciding on Next Generation ACO

May 27, 2016by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared in AJMC.com. It is co-authored with Travis Broome. As the most advanced accountable care organization (ACO) model, Next Generation ACO has its appeal. However, it is […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare costs

A Comprehensive Strategy for Primary Care Payment Reform in Medicare

May 9, 2016by bkocher2013 1 Comment

This article first appeared in The Evidence Base. It is co-authored with Farzad Mostashari and Mark McClellan. Strengthening primary care has been a core goal of health care payment reform over […]

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Healthcare

5 must-do’s for succeeding in health tech

December 23, 2015by bkocher2013 1 Comment

This article first appeared in VentureBeat. It is co-authored with Bryan Roberts. We are five years into the greatest transformation of the U.S. healthcare system in the half century since […]

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Entrepreneurs, Healthcare, Healthcare IT, Venture Capital

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