Bob Kocher, MD

Bob Kocher, MD, is a partner at Venrock and focuses on healthcare IT and services investments. He currently serves on the boards of Devoted Health, Virta Health, Aledade, Renew Health, Lyra Health, and Premera. He is a Board Observer at Grand Rounds, Stride, Doctor on Demand, and Suki.

Additionally, he is an adjunct professor at Stanford University School of Medicine and a nonresident senior scholar at the USC Schaeffer Institute and advisory board member at the USC Schaeffer Center. He also serves on the advisory board of the National Institute of Healthcare Management (NIHCM).

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, and is an internal medicine doctor.

Recent Work

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

Using a patient’s self-defined goals can be a powerful motivator for improving health outcomes.
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A New Approach to Cancer Bundled Payments in Medicare—The Enhancing Oncology Model

Schaeffer Nonresident Senior Fellow Bob Kocher discusses the elements of CMMI’s new Enhancing Oncology Model, explores its likelihood of success, and discusses its relative shortcomings in a new JAMA Health Forum Viewpoint.

By Bob Kocher, MD and Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS
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- Articles
- Perspective
Economic Incentives for Administrative Simplification

In the US health care system, payers, health systems, physicians, other clinicians, drug companies, pharmacies, and pharmacy benefit managers all earn more revenue because of administrative complexity.

By Bob Kocher, MD and Anuraag Chigurupati
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- Perspective
Setting the Stage for the Next 10 Years of Health Care Payment Innovation

Nonresident Senior Fellow Bob Kocher describes four health policy strategies that could unlock large improvements in healthcare cost and quantity.

By Bob Kocher, MD
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Reducing Administrative Waste in the US Health Care System

Eliminating administrative expense has the benefit of lowering health care costs without affecting spending on patient care.

By Bob Kocher, MD
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Bob Kocher, MD's Bio

Recent Work

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

A New Approach to Cancer Bundled Payments in Medicare—The Enhancing Oncology Model

Economic Incentives for Administrative Simplification

Setting the Stage for the Next 10 Years of Health Care Payment Innovation

Reducing Administrative Waste in the US Health Care System