Don Berwick
@donberwick
President Emeritus @theIHI. Former administrator @CMSGov. Pediatrician. Better care, better health, lower cost.
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http://www.ihi.org 20-09-2012 04:39:55
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CAP Health Brian Keyser ...the MA program, now the dominant form of Medicare enrollment, is the source of a lot of unnecessary expense. We released a second report estimating that in 2024 alone, MA overpayments + subsidies likely amount to between $83B and $127B. americanprogress.org/article/ending…
CAP Health Brian Keyser You may be thinking: this all sounds great. But it also sounds expensive. How are we going to pay for this? Well as it turns out...
CAP Health Brian Keyser Here's a look at our Medicare 2.0 principles and what they'd mean for the program in one handy table. americanprogress.org/shareable/medi…
CAP Health Brian Keyser In a nutshell, those principles include: (1) making coverage simple and comprehensive, (2) dramatically reducing out-of-pocket costs, (3) modernizing prescription drug policy, (4) centering primary care, and (5) focusing on population health and health equity.
CAP Health Brian Keyser Our first report, 'Medicare 2.0,' envisions a new set of reform principles for the Medicare program writ large--and applies those principles to both traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage (which now accounts for >50% of the Medicare market) americanprogress.org/article/medica…
Thrilled to share two new, major CAP Health reports on reforming the Medicare program. I had the honor of working with esteemed colleagues Don Berwick, Rick Gilfillan, Micah Johnson on these (with an incredible assist from Brian Keyser) 🧵
In 2020 alone, the U.S. reported a staggering 45,222 firearm deaths. Today, over 1200 national health & science leaders are urging the Senate to take evidence-based action to address this crisis: bit.ly/3xnBBu0 #SolutionsExist