Listening In (With Permission): Conversations About Today's Pressing Health Care Topics

Suzanne calls Jeff Goldsmith, President of Health Futures, Inc and National Advisor to Navigant Healthcare, to learn why he has long been cynical of accountable care organizations (ACOs) and inquire about other market-based strategies that may more effectively improve health care.

When Suzanne Delbanco called Dana Goldman, Director of the Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at the University of Southern California, she learned about what leads to waste in pharmacy spending and what employers can do to get greater insight into that waste. Dana also shared his insights on potential opportunities for employers to tackle spending in the pharmaceutical space.

Andréa Caballero dials up Jonathan Mathieu, VP of Research and Compliance & Chief Economist at the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC). They discuss the provocative research using the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (APCD), and how the Scorecard on Payment Reform pilot is needed to support the claim that the Centennial state is ahead of the curve on the path towards a value-oriented health system. This is the third of a three-part series with the local sponsors of CPR’s Scorecard on Payment Reform pilot initiative.

Ryan Olmstead, CPR's director of member services, calls Lisa Yee, executive director of the Silicon Valley Employers Forum, to hear about her work with large employers in Silicon Valley in order to best support them in delivering the best health care benefits to their employees.

Surprised by health plans' lack of measuring patient experience of care, Suzanne calls up Tom Lee, Chief Medical Officer at Press Ganey, who is an expert in this space. Tom shares how technology is changing how this information is collected and his thoughts on the future of amassing data on how patients feel about their care experience.

Will we continue to see huge mergers and acquisitions in 2018? What impact will they have on consumers? What should employers be optimistic about for next year?

Emily Roesing, CPR's Director of Business Development, calls up Bob Kocher, Partner at Venrock and crafter of the Affordable Care Act, to get his predictions on these and other key health care questions for 2018.

Andréa Caballero dials up the joint sponsors of the Virginia Scorecard on Payment Reform pilot- Doug Gray, Executive Director of the Virginia Association of Health Plans, and Beth Bortz, President & CEO of the Virginia Center for Health Innovation. They discuss everything from how Virginia is a micro-version of the nation, the challenges to implementing shared risk contracts, and how the Innovation Center uses a laser focus to drive improvements. This is the second in a three-part series with the local sponsors of the Scorecard on Payment Reform 2.0 pilot initiative.

CPR's senior project & research manager, Roz Murray, calls Dr. Corey Waller, Physician and Consultant at Complex Care Consulting LLC, to talk about employers' challenges in identifying substance use disorders in their populations and the dearth in prescribing evidence-based treatments.

Andréa Caballero dials up Linda Schwimmer, President and CEO of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, to hear about the challenges and successes of the health care marketplace in the Garden State, and find out which Scorecard 2.0 metric result is the one that our local sponsor is most excited to see! This is the first of a three-part series with the local sponsors of CPR’s Scorecard on Payment Reform pilot initiative.

Suzanne calls Jennie Pao, Manager of Health Care Planning at Pitney Bowes, to learn about her experience with the ACO performance reports Pitney Bowes receives from its health plans and why she joined Catalyst for Payment Reform's movement for greater transparency into health plan reporting.