CalPERS Health Chief Wields The Power Of Data To Tame Costs

(By Alex Leeds Matthews for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News)

As prices for drugs and procedures soar, and health insurance premiums for employer-based and individual policies inexorably climb, more than are few people are asking: Is the health care industry spiraling out of control?

Liana Bailey-Crimmins, a top official with California’s public employee benefits and retirement system (CalPERS), offered a simple response. Continue reading the article here…

This story was produced by Kaiser Health News, which publishes California Healthline, a service of the California Health Care Foundation.”

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