Montana鈥檚 Health Policy MVP Takes Her Playbook on the Road
Marilyn Bartlett, credited with saving Montana鈥檚 state employee health plan millions of dollars, is a busy consultant now, as states, counties and big businesses try to use her playbook to bring down hospital costs.
Reduce Health Costs By Nurturing The Sickest? A Much-Touted Idea Disappoints
Nearly a decade ago, Dr. Jeffrey Brenner and his Camden Coalition appeared to have an answer to remake American health care: Treat the sickest and most expensive patients. But a rigorous study in the New England Journal of Medicine shows the approach doesn鈥檛 save money. 鈥淲e built a brilliant intervention to navigate people to nowhere,鈥 Brenner tells the 鈥淭radeoffs鈥 podcast.
