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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

What we must do to prepare for the next pandemic, a guest commentary

January 29, 2021by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared in BioCentury.com. It is co-authored with David Beier. The U.S. is not ready for the next pandemic. Our public health infrastructure and planning process are not […]

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Healthcare

Incentives and information drive health care innovation: lessons from Medicare Advantage

January 4, 2021by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared in statnews.com. It is co-authored with Bryan Roberts. Health care in America often feels like it moves at a glacial pace, if that fast. Case in […]

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Healthcare

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

Op-Ed: The COVID-19 vaccines are coming. Here’s how they should be rolled out

October 26, 2020by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared on latimes.com. It is co-authored with Dana Goldman. Sometime in the next few months we are likely to enter the era of COVID-19 vaccines. With billions […]

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Healthcare, Uncategorized

How To Ensure COVID-19 Doesn’t Delay Value-Based Care

August 11, 2020by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared on healthaffairs.org. It is co-authored with Soleil Shah. The prognosis of COVID-19 on the US health care system may include yet another devastating outcome: delaying its […]

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Healthcare, Uncategorized

Reopening America’s Schools and Colleges During COVID-19

July 16, 2020by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared on FREOPP.org. It is co-authored with Lanhee Chen, Preston Cooper, Dan Lips, and Avik Roy. To reduce economic and health disparities, we must reopen schools, colleges, […]

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Healthcare, Uncategorized

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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Healthcare, Healthcare costs

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

RUNNING THROUGH WALLS PODCAST EPISODES

  • When Demand Spikes
  • The COVID & Medical Products Challenge
  • Nature vs. Nurture
  • Your Inputs Create Your Outputs
  • “The Passion Paradox,” Live from Lyra Health
  • Born Politician
  • The Ultimate Proving Ground for Lifelong Learners
  • Caring for the On-Demand Economy
  • Covered California’s Startup Ethos
  • A Healthy Purpose
  • The Doctor is Online
  • Data Driven Healthcare
  • Genetic Truths, No Veneers
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