The big tech innovation from Amazon-Bershire Hathway-JP Morgan joint venture could be…

Narrow networks?  That is one proposition from Bill Gurley, a general partner at Benchmark Capital, in an article from Business Insider.  Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman Charlie Munger, prefers the Kaiser model. “If the whole nation had Kaiser Permanente care, the average quality of the care would go way up and the cost would go way down,”…

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Some interesting reads to start off your week: Contracting and in-network providers. Cancer data sharing. Is one answer good enough for all? Parrot economics. Free medical school tuition at NYU.

The IVI-NSCLC model is coming

The Innovation and Value Initiative today announced that it is in the process of releasing a new model and value tool to evaluate treatments for for EGFR-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).  More details on the model (named the IVI-NSCLC model) are available here, which includes a study protocol and model timeline. Oncology is an…