ACHP's Healthy Dialogue The Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP)

ACHP's Ceci Connolly and Aledade's Dr. Mandy Cohen discuss policies that can drive higher-value care and next week's State of the Union address.

Morgan Health CEO Dan Mendelson joins Health Dialogue for a conversation about the role employers can play in shaping the future of health care.

The COVID-19 crisis has been a public health catastrophe, leaving 6 million+ infected and nearly 200,000 dead. But, to combat the pandemic, the health care industry has begun to develop rapid, off-the-cuff innovations in American health care. 
ACHP's Ceci Connolly explores some of those changes, assesses their staying power in a post-pandemic health system and discusses systemic obstacles to even more innovation.
Guests:
Dr. Vivian Lee
Dr. Stephen Parodi, Executive Vice President, The Permanente Federation     
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Resources:
The Long Fix: Solving America's Health Care Crisis with Strategies that Work for Everyone by Dr. Vivian Lee - Available now on Amazon
Learn more about Kaiser Permanente and the Permanente Federation

Change in the U.S. health care system generally happens in one of two ways: either voluntarily through health plans and clinical systems, or legislatively through Congress. This episode looks at both approaches and introduces “Health Care 2030: ACHP’s Roadmap to Reform” – a 10-year blueprint for maximizing both the voluntary and the legislative.
Guests:
Former HHS Secretary and U.S. Rep. Donna Shalala (D, FL-27)
Dr. Marc Harrison, CEO and President, Intermountain Healthcare
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Resources:
"What One Health Care CEO Is Learning from the Pandemic", Harvard Business Review, by Dr. Marc Harrison

In much of American health care, payers and providers are separate, distinct entities that simply have a business arrangement. But there are exceptions to that rule, and close payer-provider alignment can generate innovations that not only work for then, but for the patient. Ceci explores the power of those relationships, as well as value and affordability in the current system.
Guests:
Dr. Susan Turney, President and CEO, Marshfield Clinic Health System
Julie Brussow, President, Security Health Plan
Avik Roy, President, The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, and Policy Editor, Forbes
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Resources:
“Tackle affordability through competition or it will come through government control”, Modern Healthcare, by Avik Roy
“Medicare Advantage for All”, FREOP, by Avik Roy

The American health care system is dominated by misaligned financial incentives, rewarding providers for more--but not necessarily BETTER--treatment. In this episode, Ceci and guests we discuss ways to shift our health care approach away from volume – and the waste and unnecessary care it involves - and to a model focused on value. Research repeatedly shows that a value-based, outcome-focused system reduces costs and produces better health outcomes. Hear what the experts have to say in Ep 4 of Healthy Dialogue.  
Guests:
Shannon Brownlee, Senior Vice President, Lown Institute
Diane Holder, President and CEO, UPMC Health Plan
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Resources:
Lown Institute Hospitals Index