Moving Hospital Value Transparency Forward

Brian Klepper, PhD RAND Corporation recently published a report showing that, on average, private health plans (and the employers and unions that typically sponsor them) pay hospitals 241% of what Medicare pays for the same procedure or service. Of course, there’s lots of variation around that number, both regionally and by condition/procedure category. Private health […]

The Livongo Study, as Interpreted by a CORA Pro

Al Lewis By way of background, there are two things you need to know before launching into this Valid Points article: Livongo, a venture-capital funded diabetes management company, recently published a study in the Journal of Medical Economics alleging a significant savings in diabetes-related spending for active participants in its program. Its program features free […]

The Honorary Health Value Awards

Brian Klepper, PhD In the 2nd Annual Health Value Awards, we worked diligently to identify individuals that had made substantively meaningful contributions to the management of health care clinic and/or financial risk. And not only in their own practices, but by way of example for their colleagues throughout the health benefits sector. We are extremely […]