Mar 28, 2024

Almost no digital health delivery solution providers measure outcomes of any kind — which raises an uncomfortable question: how do you know if the “waste” you’re cutting to hit margin targets is actually waste at all? Kate Wolin, ScD, a behavioral epidemiologist who bootstrapped a digital health start-up to...

Mar 21, 2024

Dr. Kenny Cole splits his time between seeing patients one day a week as a primary care internist and serving as system vice president for Ochsner Health, where he designs and develops new care models. Stacey Richter talks with him about what it actually takes to make accountability for outcomes real in a...

Mar 14, 2024

Why do so many digital health entrepreneurs set their sights on selling to employers? Per Barbara Wachsman, former director of strategy and engagement for enterprise benefits at Disney and now senior advisor at Frazier Healthcare Partners, the answer is the same one Willie Sutton gave when asked why he robbed banks:...

Mar 7, 2024

Most pharmacy pricing acronyms — AWP, WAC, and the rest — refer to a number with a dollar sign in front of it, and it’s nearly impossible for a patient or plan sponsor to know how much that number actually reflects reality. Luke Slindee, PharmD, senior pharmacy consultant at Myers and Stauffer (the accounting firm...