Meera Ragavan – Fellow 2022
I am a current second year oncology fellow at UCSF. I’m thrilled to be joining the Costs of Care team and follow in the footsteps of 4 incredible affordability researchers
I am a current second year oncology fellow at UCSF. I’m thrilled to be joining the Costs of Care team and follow in the footsteps of 4 incredible affordability researchers
The following is a transcript of a live conversation between Leah Binder, President and CEO of The Leapfrog Group, with Chris Moriates, MD, Executive Director of Costs of Care and
Hannah Bassett, MD is a pediatric hospitalist at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in Palo Alto, CA. She attended University of New Mexico for medical school and completed her pediatric
Over the past 10 years, Costs of Care has helped lead the value improvement movement through a number of overlapping phases, from raising awareness and advocating for transparency, to addressing appropriateness by supporting clinician-led efforts to reduce waste and low-value care. There is still much work to be done on each of these fronts and as an organization we will continue to be meaningfully engaged in advocacy, awareness, appropriateness, and education. However, while each of these foundational components are necessary, they are insufficient for making the impact we want to see on patients’ financial and physical experience of health care. To truly provide greater value for diverse populations, we must meaningfully address patient affordability.
By Robert Fogerty, MD, MPH “You look nice today. People don’t come to chemo in suits very often.” The friendly and familiar receptionist mentioned as I was checking out, the always
By Debra Xiangjun Hayes Navigating the U.S. medical system can be harrowing, daunting and sometimes more challenging than the conditions that plague American systems, especially because the costs of care