We Are Not All the Same, So Why Should Our Incentives Be The Same?
We are not all the same. Yet health plans and employers seem to think so. They keep designing benefits programs and health plans in a one-size-fits-all approach. What each of […]
Venrock 7
With our fundraising complete for Venrock 7, Bryan Roberts and I are looking forward to putting more capital to work in the healthcare IT space. We believe now is the […]
Doctors Without State Borders: Practicing Across State Lines
This article was first published in the HealthAffairs Blog. Note: In addition to Robert Kocher, this post is authored, by Topher Spiro, Vice President, Health Policy, Center for American Progress ; […]
Hot Spots in Health IT
This article was first published in VentureBeat. Health IT is hot…and it’s about time. Investors and entrepreneurs alike are flocking to the sector that once seemed insurmountable, yet is desperately […]
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 […]
Will The Readmission Rate Penalties Drive Hospital Behavior Changes?
This post first appeared in the Health Affairs Blog. Since the development of the metric in 1984 by Anderson and Steinberg, inpatient hospital readmission rates have been used as a marker […]
How Three Federal Initiatives Are Set To Transform U.S. Health Care
This post first appeared in Forbes. The U.S. health care system today is fraught with wasteful spending that does not contribute to better outcomes for patients. The U.S. spends more on […]
Creating Outcome-Driven Health Care Markets
This post first appeared in the Health Affairs Blog. America’s health care market does not work well. It is inefficient, asymmetric, and in most cases not particularly competitive. The Affordable […]
Why The Supreme Court Decision On Health Care Reform Doesn’t Really Matter
This post first appeared in Forbes. When the Supreme Court announces its decision on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) it will kick off a storm of analysis […]
Meaningful Use Of Health IT Stage 2: The Broader Meaning
This post first appeared in the Health Affairs Blog. On February 24, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued the […]
