Anitra Karthic
Anitra Karthic, MD-MHA Candidate The Ohio State University College of Medicine STARS Spotlight: Bridging Clinical Care and Health System Leadership Why I Developed This Role I came to medical school,
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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
A Conversation about Financial Ethics with Leah Binder, President & CEO of The Leapfrog Group
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 – Fellow 2020
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
Addressing Affordability – Costs of Care’s Clear Focus
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.
New Costs of Care Fellow: Jess Keim-Malpass, RN, PhD
Jessica Keim-Malpass is a nurse scientist who has a background in implementation of emerging family-centered technologies in the health care setting, health communication, and economic analyses. She is a pediatric