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In 1931, more than a century after the Yale School of Medicine (YSM) was founded, the school instituted a unique approach to medical education. Specifically, it did away with exams and grades. [...]

Since stepping down as CEO of The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG) this summer, I have returned to nearly half of the Kaiser Permanente medical centers in Northern California and met with more [...]

I was just in New York City, where I attended the annual Golden Heart Awards, hosted by God’s Love We Deliver (GLWD), a not-for-profit created 32 years ago when a woman began delivering food on [...]

On Friday, I spoke at the Second National MACRA MIPS/APM Summit held in Washington D.C. Under the leadership of Peter Grant, and co-chairs Donald Crane, Harold Miller, Dr. Barbara McAneny and Dr. [...]

This week, I was invited to participate in an hour-long panel discussion on the NPR show 1A alongside with two other physician leaders, Dr. Victoria Sweet and Dr. Aneesh Singla. Our topic: The [...]

One of the most interesting and unique individuals I have ever met is Zubin Damania, aka ZDoggMD. A UCSF and Stanford trained physician in internal and hospital medicine, ZDogg is a brilliant [...]

More than half of the country’s 525 Medicare ACOs count themselves as members of the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations (NAACOS), where I had the pleasure of speaking on Oct. [...]

I recently had the privilege to participate in a panel discussion at the Brookings Institution with two of the nation’s leading healthcare writers and observers: Eric Patashnik, co-author of the [...]

Last week, I had the pleasure to speak at Transform 2017, the annual multi-day conference put on by the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation. This year’s program was incredible, focusing on “closing [...]