Kerry Weems

Kerry Weems is a former Acting Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and formerly the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget in the US Department of Health and Human Services. He currently advises private equity and leads an alliance devoted to value-based healthcare.

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Economics
Failing at Drug Price Reform
Exactly two months before his term expires, President Trump and the Secretary of Health and Human Services Azar… Read More
By December 17, 2020
Economics
A Stalled Transition: Won’t Derail Biden’s Healthcare Team
A stalled presidential transition in the midst of an unremitting pandemic sounds like a recipe for long-term damage… Read More
By November 19, 2020
A Pandemic Induced Collapse of the Way We Pay for Healthcare
Economics
A Pandemic Induced Collapse of the Way We Pay for Healthcare
For many segments of the economy the long-term consequences of the pandemic remain unknown. But for healthcare, there… Read More
By and September 9, 2020
Pandemic Preparedness: Beyond Bioterrorism & Federalism
COVID-19
Pandemic Preparedness: Beyond Bioterrorism & Federalism
One week to the day following the 911 attacks, five letters containing anthrax spores were sent the offices… Read More
By July 21, 2020
Policy
Understanding Despair, Capture and Profiteering in American Healthcare
In their recent book “Deaths of Despair,” Anne Case and Angus Deaton chronicle the rise of drug overdose,… Read More
By May 26, 2020
Consumerism
Advancing Advance Care Plans through Medicare: It’s Time to Move
American culture and politics make little room for honest discussions about death and dying. Healthcare thought leader Ian… Read More
By and February 24, 2020
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