Bob Kocher, MD

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Bob Kocher, MD, is a partner at Venrock and focuses on healthcare IT and services investments. Prior to Venrock, Bob served in the Obama Administration as Special Assistant to the President for Healthcare and Economic Policy on the National Economic Council, as a Partner at McKinsey & Company.

Articles

September 12th 2023

A Clinical Pathway to Well-Being: Putting Patient Priorities at the Center of Care

Neil Wagle, MD, MBA Claire Campbell, MD Paul Di Capua, MD, MBA Bob Kocher, MD

Using patient priorities and converting them into treatment goals result in better primary care outcomes for Medicare patients.

October 10th 2021

Contributor: CMS Can Seize Opportunities to Fix the Rural Glitch, Risk Adjustment Caps in MSSP

Sean Cavanaugh, MPH Travis Broome, MPH, MBA Bob Kocher, MD

The Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) has seen its growth slow, but CMS has an opportunity to act on proposals that would address benchmarking and more fairly allocate savings to accountable care organizations in the program.

November 19th 2010

Bending the Curve Through Health Reform Implementation

Joseph Antos, PhD John Bertko Michael E. Chernew, PhD David Cutler, PhD Francois de Brantes Dana Goldman, PhD Bob Kocher, MD Mark McClellan, MD, PhD Elizabeth McGlynn, PhD Mark Pauly, PhD Leonard Schaeffer Stephen Shortell, PhD

Authors from The Brookings Institution update their recommendations by focusing on 3 concrete objectives to slow spending and improve quality of care within the next 5 years.