Why Some Payment Reforms Didn’t Save Money

Howie and Harlan are joined by Mark McLellan, a physician, economist, and longtime public servant, to discuss lessons learned from the COVID-19 response and the successes and failures of the healthcare payment innovations he helped to create. Harlan reports on a wave of illness caused by slushy drinks; Howie considers the merits of accelerated training for doctors.

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The Dangers of Slushies

"Glycerol intoxication syndrome in young children, following the consumption of slush ice drinks"

Institute for Government: Sugar tax

Mark McClellan

Health economist Alan M. Garber, MD, PhD

Mark McClellan: "Catheterization and Mortality in Elderly Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction-Reply"

Mark McClellan: "National Coronavirus Response: A Road Map to Reopening"

"COVID-19 pandemic-related excess mortality and potential years of life lost in the U.S. and peer countries"

"Medicare Should Put Its Dollars on Value, Says McClellan"

"What Forced CMS to Terminate the MA Value-Based Insurance Design Model?"

"How to Create Incentives for Improvement"

Accelerating Med School

"Outcomes of Accelerated 3-Year MD Graduates at NYU Grossman School of Medicine During Medical School and Early Residency"

"Three-Year Medical School Has Benefits, Ethicist Says"

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