May 28, 2020
In this Episode 278, Stacey Richter talks with Maura Calsyn, managing director of health policy at the Center for American Progress, about whether COVID-19 will result in a new normal for value-based pharmaceutical pricing.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
✅ Why lowering a drug’s price can sometimes backfire when physicians are...
May 21, 2020
In this Episode 277, Stacey Richter talks with Eric Weaver, DHA, MHA, executive director of the Accountable Care Learning Collaborative, about whether now is the time for value-based payments to finally overcome fee-for-service.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
✅ Why health systems with more revenue in value-based...
May 14, 2020
In this Episode 276, Part 2 of a two-part conversation, Stacey Richter talks with Brian Scott of Point6 Healthcare about advice for self-insured employers and that prediction of a 4% to 40% premium increase in the fully insured market.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
✅ Why provider billing behavior shifts triggered by COVID...
May 12, 2020
In this Episode 275, Part 1, Stacey Richter talks with Brian Scott of Point6 Healthcare about whether self-insured employer costs will ultimately go up, and how to protect a company from predatory health care pricing.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
✅ How to think about the “additions” and “subtractions” that determine...
May 7, 2020
In this Episode 274, Part 2, Stacey Richter continues her conversation with Jonathan Thierman, MD, PhD, chief medical information officer at LifeBridge Health, about what telehealth means after the pandemic.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
✅ How EHR integration actually works for telehealth, and why it matters
✅ Whether relaxed...