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A New Approach to Cancer Bundled Payments in Medicare—The Enhancing Oncology Model

January 20, 2023by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared in JAMA Health Forum part of JAMA Network. It is co-authored with Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS. On June 27, 2022, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare costs

Aligning Incentives for Improving Diagnostic Excellence

April 13, 2022by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared in JAMA Network. It is co-authored with Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD. Diagnostic excellence is a priority of both patients and individual clinicians, yet does not seem to be […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare costs

Economic Incentives for Administrative Simplification

October 20, 2021by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared in JAMANetwork.com. It is co-authored with Anuraag Chigurupati, MBA. Administrative complexity in the US health system has been identified as the source of enormous spending and potential cost […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare costs

CMS Can Seize Opportunities to Fix the Rural Glitch, Risk Adjustment Caps in MSSP

October 10, 2021by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared in ajmc.com. It is co-authored with Sean Cavanaugh, MPH, and Travis Broome, MPH, MBA. The Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) has seen its growth slow, but […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare costs

Setting the Stage for the Next 10 Years of Health Care Payment Innovation

August 16, 2021by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared in JAMANetwork.com. It is co-authored with Rahul Rajkumar, MD. To some it might appear as though the US health care system has made little progress over the past […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare costs

Overcoming the Market Dominance of Hospitals

February 19, 2021by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared in JAMANetwork.com. It is co-authored with Soleil Shah and Amol S. Navathe. Amidst remarkable uncertainty for its future, one of the most concerning and constant trends […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare costs, Healthcare IT

Reducing Administrative Waste in the US Health Care System

February 2, 2021by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared in JAMANetwork.com. The US health care system is famous for its expense and its waste. In a 2019 study, Shrank et al1 estimated that about 25%, or […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare costs

Strategic Priorities For The Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services To Advance Medicaid Reform

February 1, 2021by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared in healthaffairs.org. It is co-authored with Amol S. Navathe, Mark B. McClellan, Christopher Chen, Judy Zerzan, and Julian Harris. In the months and years ahead, a […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare costs

Medicare Payment Reform’s Next Decade: A Strategic Plan For The Center For Medicare And Medicaid Innovation

December 18, 2020by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared in healthaffairs.org. It is co-authored with Amol S. Navathe, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Sherry Glied, and Farzad Mostashari. The federal government is facing a fiscal crisis with impending […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare costs

Why Isn’t Innovation Helping Reduce Health Care Costs?

June 4, 2020by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

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 […]

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Venrock, Stanford, and Castlight to accelerate change in the health system! Two girls, Cindy and an EPIC pass!

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