From Sidelines Into the Game | Predictions for 2025
A forecast for 2025 by Guy D’Andrea, MBA, executive director of Catalyst for Payment Reform.
Employer purchasers have largely been on the sidelines when it comes to policy proposals that target high healthcare prices. They have deferred to health plans and other stakeholders to fight those battles.
D'Andrea
In 2025, a combination of cost pressures and the availability of transparent pricing information will spur employers to be more vocal in Washington, D.C., and in state legislatures. Consolidation and growing market power by large health systems, leading to rapidly rising prices, give employers limited marketplace options. Policy solutions are needed.
Conversations With Perry and Friends: Paul Fronstin, Ph.D.
May 9th 2025Perry Cohen, Pharm.D., a longtime member of the Managed Healthcare Executive editorial advisory board, is host of the Conversations with Perry and Friends podcast. In this episode, his guest is Paul Fronstin, Ph.D., director of health benefits research at the Employee Benefit Research Institute.
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Conversations With Perry and Friends
April 14th 2025Perry Cohen, Pharm.D., a longtime member of the Managed Healthcare Executive editorial advisory board, is host of the Conversations with Perry and Friends podcast. His guest this episode is John Baackes, the former CEO of L.A. Care Health Plan.
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