How Price Variation Impacts Employers

Episode notes

This is the first episode in our second season exploring the evolving landscape of real-world data and its role in shaping healthcare decisions. This conversation will provide answers on why the same knee replacement costs dramatically different amounts depending on whether you're in New York City, Minneapolis, or Chicago – and whether moving care to an ambulatory surgery center actually saves money. Not estimates. Not posted prices. Actual commercial allowed amounts, from one of the largest claims databases in the world. Guest are: - Kaitlin Quinn, VP of Data & Analytics at Lantern — a specialty care platform for surgery, infusions and cancer care navigation available through employers - And John Linnehan, VP and Head of Real World Data, Truven