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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

Health leaders: We stuck together to #StayHome, now we can start together to #OpenSafely

May 20, 2020by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared on USA Today. It is co-authored with Andy Slavitt, Dr. Mark McClellan, Tom Daschle, Dr. Bill Frist, Kathleen Sebelius, Dr. David Shulkin, Emily Barson, Dr. David Brailer, […]

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Healthcare

What If We Gave Hospitals Real Incentives To Prepare For The Next Pandemic?

April 27, 2020by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared on healthaffairs.org. It is co-authored with Soleil Shah. The US response to COVID-19 makes it clear that hospitals in the United States are not adequately prepared […]

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Healthcare, Uncategorized

COVID-19 is Normalizing Telehealth, and That’s a Good Thing

April 16, 2020by bkocher2013 Leave a comment

This article first appeared on fastcompany.com. When the state of California enlisted my help working on our state’s coronavirus response, my goal was to address the enormous initial gap in testing. We’re […]

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Healthcare, Healthcare IT

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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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