It was late 2019. CPR was approaching its tenth year of leading the payment reform movement and wanted to take stock of its progress. We stimulated an alternative payment model (APM) “arms race” by tracking progress.
Ryan Olmstead, MPH
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For the past 20 years, I have helped employers with their healthcare strategies and purchasing decisions. For the first 12 years at Mercer and Aon, I advised employers directly on their various benefits offerings, soliciting quotes for health and other coverages and providing hands-on support. Over the past eight years at Catalyst for Payment Reform, I’ve educated and advised employers on healthcare purchasing dynamics and innovative strategies to regain control of cost and quality of care.
This site links to my writings, podcast interviews, original research, tools, and events I’ve hosted over the last several years.
- blog (16)
- case study (5)
- podcast (14)
- publications (8)
- research (5)
- tools (12)
- webinars (17)
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CPR evaluated seven vendors and interviewed experts to uncover how and why these vendors can reshape healthcare.
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This toolkit contains evaluation questions and detailed specifications for evaluating Market-Shaping Enterprises.
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We hope you’ll join CPR and a star-studded roster of thought-leaders, employers, vendors and consultants, as we explore the ways that health care purchasers can take back their market power and forge their own pathway toward superior quality, affordability, and care experience.
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Ghost (a noun) has taken a back seat to ghosting, the verb form. And unfortunately, the practice exists in commercial health care.
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If you go to any job search site and look at open positions for a Director of Benefits, you’ll likely see common themes. One job requirement that you won’t find…
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This session orients you to CPR’s TPA and Vendor Self-Assessment and RFI Questionnaire for Enhancing Data Stewardship and provides a timeline to conduct the assessment, then memorialize the TPA’s and Vendor’s commitments using CPR’s Model Contract Language.
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The U.S. Department of Labor released its latest monthly report on inflation. The CPI jumped by 7.5% over the past 12 months, its highest annual increase in 40 years. This news prompts questions from purchasers about how inflation will impact their future health care spend.
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In this recording, you’ll hear from purchasers about how they use data. Then, CPR and benefits consultants unpack the obstacles purchasers face in data ownership, access, and use. Finally, you’ll hear policy experts describe the benefits and limitations of the price transparency rules.
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