Ira Klein, MD, MBA, FACP

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Why We Really Do Value-Based Contracting
06/14/2018
Much has been written in the past few years on the growth of value-based contracting. Previous analyses have explored factors leading to success, advantages over standard contracting, and legislative and...
Much has been written in the past few years on the growth of value-based contracting. Previous analyses have explored factors leading to success, advantages over standard contracting, and legislative and...
Much...
06/14/2018
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Business of Pathways
Blockchain, Data Obstruction, and the Promise of Information Sharing for a Value-Based Health Care World
09/13/2018
The current system of health care delivery and payment has tremendous inefficiencies that relate to an inability to share data among multiple parties, and from that sharing, glean useful and actionable information...
The current system of health care delivery and payment has tremendous inefficiencies that relate to an inability to share data among multiple parties, and from that sharing, glean useful and actionable information...
The...
09/13/2018
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Business of Pathways
Engaging in Nontraditional Partnerships to Improve Population Health
11/18/2018
Population health, which encompasses the health outcomes of a specific group of individuals, has become an important concept in modern health care systems. Many public policy initiatives in recent years have included...
Population health, which encompasses the health outcomes of a specific group of individuals, has become an important concept in modern health care systems. Many public policy initiatives in recent years have included...
...
11/18/2018
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Business of Pathways
Eliminating Low-Value Health Care: Where Pathways Approaches Have Succeeded
03/13/2019
Low-value health care continues to put stress on the US economy, as 20% to 40% of all health spending is designated as wasteful. To date, there have been few broad and sustained efforts to reign in wasteful spending....
Low-value health care continues to put stress on the US economy, as 20% to 40% of all health spending is designated as wasteful. To date, there have been few broad and sustained efforts to reign in wasteful spending....
...
03/13/2019
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Business of Pathways
Why Threshold Target Performance-Based Metrics May Not Improve Population Health as Much as Treatment Pathways
04/16/2019
Many value-based payment agreements (VBAs) and programs incentivize physicians to provide care based on patients’ achievement of treatment targets, especially threshold-based metrics such as maintaining a...
Many value-based payment agreements (VBAs) and programs incentivize physicians to provide care based on patients’ achievement of treatment targets, especially threshold-based metrics such as maintaining a...
Many...
04/16/2019
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Business of Pathways
Cell and Gene Therapies: Paying It Forward and Adjusting Payment Systems for the Age of Cures
06/18/2019
Cell and gene therapies represent the next frontier of pharmaceutical development, holding the promise of delivering potentially curative therapies for diseases that have limited treatment options. However, these...
Cell and gene therapies represent the next frontier of pharmaceutical development, holding the promise of delivering potentially curative therapies for diseases that have limited treatment options. However, these...
Cell...
06/18/2019
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Business of Pathways
Broadening the Value Assessment Paradigm: Including the Value of Hope and the Value of Insurance
10/18/2019
*/ /*-->*/ While social media is all about sharing, very little personal preference data makes its way into health plan contracting around specific interventions and pathway programs today. As a result, the...
*/ /*-->*/ While social media is all about sharing, very little personal preference data makes its way into health plan contracting around specific interventions and pathway programs today. As a result, the...
...
10/18/2019
Journal of Clinical Pathways
Business of Pathways
Health Care as a Preexisting Financial Condition: Individual Costs and Societal Benefits
12/17/2019
While societally we are still debating the best way to finance health care, we do all agree that when a  therapy is available to alleviate illness and suffering, we should find a way to make it available to patients....
While societally we are still debating the best way to finance health care, we do all agree that when a  therapy is available to alleviate illness and suffering, we should find a way to make it available to patients....
While...
12/17/2019
Journal of Clinical Pathways
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AI in Cancer Care: Separating Fact from Fiction
07/17/2023
CBEx Advisory Board Member Ira Klein, MD, VP of Medical Affairs for Tempus Labs, provides an inside look into featured session "AI in Cancer Care: Separating Fact from Fiction."
CBEx Advisory Board Member Ira Klein, MD, VP of Medical Affairs for Tempus Labs, provides an inside look into featured session "AI in Cancer Care: Separating Fact from Fiction."
CBEx Advisory Board Member Ira...
07/17/2023
Cancer Care Business Exchange
Transformative Employer Trends
Navigating Personalized Medicine: Challenges and Opportunities for Employer Plans
09/19/2023
This installment of the Transformative Employer Trends column further explores ways to address access to gene and cell therapies that are transforming management of benefits by employer plans.
This installment of the Transformative Employer Trends column further explores ways to address access to gene and cell therapies that are transforming management of benefits by employer plans.
This installment of the...
09/19/2023
Journal of Clinical Pathways

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