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PopHealth Week: Ghost Rates, Anchor Events and the Real Cost of Care with David Muhlestein, PhD, JD, founder & CEO. Simple Healthcare
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Why hasn't a decade of value-based care bent the cost curve? On this episode host Fred Goldstein talks with David Muhlestein, PhD, JD, founder and CEO of Simple Healthcare, about the variable health reform has largely left alone: price. Drawing on years of ACO research and on federal price transparency data, Muhlestein explains how the same provider can be paid very different amounts for the same billing code depending on the insurer, why episode-level analysis beats claim-level repricing, and how self-insured employers can act on the gap through steerage, reference-based pricing, direct contracting and centers of excellence. He also unpacks "...
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Welcome to Pop Health Week streaming live on Health Care Now! I'm Craig Masters, co-founder and executive producer. Joining me in the virtual studio is partner and co-founder Fred Goldstein, lead host and president at Accountable Health LLC.
Pop Health Week is your destination for unfiltered conversations with the visionaries driving population health forward. Whether you're a payer, provider, patient vendor, or policymaker, this is your go-to hub for fresh strategies and insights into population health best practices.
Want to stay connected? Visit popupstudio.productions or message me on Twitter via at Greg Masters MPH and that's Greg with 2G's and do follow the show at Pop Health Week to reach Fred direct. Visit www.accountablehealthllc.com.
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