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. […]
Category Archives: Healthcare costs
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 […]
The Downside of Health Care Job Growth
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 […]
