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The Downside of Strong Growth in Health Care Jobs: Higher Costs

January 14, 2020by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

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 […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare costs

Build vs. Buy: What Should Health Systems Do?

September 18, 2019by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

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 […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare costs

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

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

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

How 10 leading health systems pay their doctors

December 17, 2014by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

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 […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare costs

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

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