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 […]
Category Archives: Healthcare costs
The Downside of Strong Growth in Health Care Jobs: Higher Costs
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 […]
Build vs. Buy: What Should Health Systems Do?
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 […]
People Cost Even More Than Drugs: The Imperative For Productivity
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 […]
Devoted Health: Relationships & Purpose
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. […]
How to Make Our Crazy, Expensive, Amazing, and Uneven Health Care System Better Faster
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 — […]
The Coming Battle over Shared Savings — Primary Care Physicians versus Specialists
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 […]
What will happen when PCPs are paid like Quarterbacks?
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 […]
Through the Eyes of One ACO: Deciding on Next Generation ACO
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 […]
How 10 leading health systems pay their doctors
This article was first published in Healthcare: The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation. It is co-authored by Dhruv Khullar, Robert Kocher, Patrick Conway, and Rahul Rajkumar. Abstract We conducted […]
