Cheryl Matochik Joins Third Horizon Strategies
January 9, 2020 – Third Horizon Strategies (THS) is pleased to announce that Cheryl Matochik, a commercial insurance industry expert, has joined the firm as a managing director and partner.
Episode 9: We Asked, You Replied: Listener Submissions Special
In this weeks episode, David talks with listeners who have had to fight for health care in order to manage chronic illnesses, secure gender-affirming...
Payment Design and Analytics
Payment Design
Episode 7: Why Kidney Failure Pays
Did you know that roughly 1 percent of the entire federal budget - billions of dollars - is spent treating people with kidney failure? How did we end up with so many people on dialysis? And who’s getting rich from it? This week, David talks with experts Bobby Sepucha, Will Stokes, and nephrologist D
Get to Know...Mindy Klowden
Mindy Klowden has dedicated her career to trying to improve the lives of underserved populations and making the health system work better for them.
Episode 6: What’s Missing in Maternal Health
This week on “The Cost of Care” Venice Haynes and Meredith Shockley-Smith join David to talk broadly about social determinants and why black babies are twice as likely to die than white babies. David also speaks to Marquisse Watson – a mother whose baby girl Alana was born premature and passed away
Episode 5: Burnout: The Vicious Cycle
The health care system is basically a lucrative game of tug-of-war – and the winner reaps a trillion dollar pot of gold. But is it a fair game? This week on “The Cost of Care,” David explores the monstrous fee-for service system and how the results can lead to a total system breakdown with Dr. Vivia
Episode 4: The Million Dollar Baby
This week, David talks to Dr. Ashish Jha, Dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, about how a mother and nurse at Dignity Health, a Catholic hospital, ended up with a $1.7 million dollar bill for the birth of her premature baby girl.
Episode 2: Sickness = Profit
With some help from an economic historian and a health care journalist, David goes back to the 1900s to find out how we ended up outspending other...
Episode 1: The Doomsday Clock
Join David Smith for the launch of The Cost of Care where he explores how we can build a better health care system and stop the cycle of sickness...
What Would Dr. Kirk Do With This Moment?
March 16, 2021 - An Open Letter to SAMHSA Single State Authorities On Behalf of All States and Territories from Greg Williams.
Building a Digital Foundation for the Growth and Rapid Change of the Health System: Secure and Smart Orchestration for an Evolving Connected Care Model
September 2, 2020 - Third Horizon Strategies released a white paper exploring potential solutions to the challenges posed by integrating disparate technology platforms and ensuring security and connectivity needs are met.
HC3 Releases “State of Chicago Health Care” Report
February 25, 2020 – The Health Care Council of Chicago (HC3) has released the third edition of its annual “State of Chicago Health Care” report exclusively focused on the vibrant health care ecosystem in Chicago and outlying areas.
Brief: Trump administration releases Medicaid block initiative
January 31, 2020 – Yesterday, the Trump administration released a Medicaid block initiative called the “Healthy Adult Opportunity.”
Brief: CMS proposes rule targeting integrity of Medicaid
November 14, 2019 - On November 12, the CMS issued a notice of proposed rule-making requiring that states share provider-level information about their supplemental payment and financing arrangements under Medicaid.
2019 Alliance Press Release: Updated ARMH-APM
September 17, 2019 –Today, the Alliance for Addiction Payment Reform announced demonstration pilots for the Addiction Recovery Medical Home - Alternative Payment Model (ARMH-APM).
Brief: ACO enrollment declines for the first time in seven years
July 22, 2019 - On July 17, CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced that just 66 ACOs joined the Medicare Shared Savings Program for the July 1 start date – less than half the number of new ACOs that joined in 2018.
Brief: Advancing American Kidney Health Program
July 17, 2019 - On July 10 President Trump signed an executive order creating the Advancing American Kidney Health program to reduce the number of Americans developing end-stage renal disease (ESRD) by 25 percent by 2030.
Brief: Trump administration unveils plan to allow drug importation from Canada
August 1, 2019 - On Wednesday, HHS and the FDA released a plan to lay the foundation to import certain low-cost drugs from Canada.
Brief: CMMI Primary Care Initiative
May 1, 2019 - HHS and CMS launched a set of new payment models, dubbed the Primary Cares Initiative, that aim to transform primary care through value-based options.
HC3 releases “State of Chicago Health Care” Report
October 9, 2018 – Ahead of its two-year anniversary, HC3 has released its second annual report on the state of the Chicago health care industry.
Greg Williams joins THS as First Managing Director
April 2, 2019 – Third Horizon Strategies (THS) is proud to announce that Greg Williams, former Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of Facing Addiction with NCADD, has joined the firm as a managing director.