How Can We Use Health Care Dollars Wisely as We Navigate Covid-19?

View a recording of this webinar here.

Through the Research Consortium for Health Care Value Assessment, funded by the PhRMA Foundation, Altarum has awarded grants to seven teams or individuals to conduct research to support a robust, evidence-based understanding of value in health care across the full spectrum of care, particularly focused on how to use health care dollars wisely in the context and aftermath of Covid-19, and ways to cut waste to best respond to the next public health emergency. 

Altarum will host a webinar on Oct 8 where the researchers will present their work. All are welcome to attend. The researchers will also publish their findings in the blog of Health Affairs.

Below is the agenda for the event, highlighting the seven grant recipients and their research topics. (To receive alerts when the pieces publish in Health Affairs and when registration for the webinar is open, please send an email to press@altarum.org or check this page later for updates.)

1:00 - 1:05 pm | Welcome and Housing Keeping, George Miller, Project PI

1:05 - 1:15 pm | Mark Fendrick, Facilitator

1:15 - 1:25 pm | The Paper Tiger

• ​David Cutler, PhD: Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University

1:25 - 1:35 pm | Establishing a Value-Based “New Normal” for Telehealth

• ​Christina Cutter, MD, MSc, MS: National Clinician Scholars Program, Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation, Department of Veterans Affairs and University of Michigan; Department of Emergency Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI; and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Department of Veterans Affairs.
• Nicholas Berlin, MD, MPH, MS: National Clinician Scholars Program, Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation, Department of Veterans Affairs and University of Michigan; Section of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI; and Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
• A. Mark Fendrick, MD: Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI and Center for Value-Based Insurance Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

1:35 - 1:45 pm | Applying Health Technology Assessment to the Healthcare Services Sector for Covid-19

• ​William Padula, PhD: Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics, USC School of Pharmacy

1:45 - 1:55 pm | How the Covid-19 Pandemic Has Affected Provision of Routine and Elective Services by American Healthcare Providers: Opportunities and Challenges Ahead

• ​Bruce Stuart, PhD: Professor, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore

1:55 - 2:10 pm | Opportunities to Improve Value in Health Following the Covid-19 Pandemic

• ​Kevin Griffith, PhD: Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University
• Melinda Buntin, PhD: Mike Curb Professor and Chair, Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University

2:10 - 2:20 pm | Research Needs Regarding Low-Value Healthcare After Covid-19

• ​Jodi Segal, MD, MPH: Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University
• Allison Oakes, PhD: Advanced Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Services Research, University of Pennsylvania

2:20 - 2:40 pm | Covid-19 and Health Disparities—Preparing for the Next Crisis

• ​Harold Pollack, PhD: Helen Ross Professor of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago Urban Labs

2:40 - 3:00 pm | Q&A – Facilitated by Dr. Mark Fendrick