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Why VBC Makes Healthcare More Expensive
TLDR: Value Based Care is a Risk Based Contract With Unintended Consequences
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Value-Based Care & The Illusion of Improvement
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Why VBC Makes Healthcare More Expensive
TLDR: Value Based Care is a Risk Based Contract With Unintended Consequences
May 7
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Sudeep Bansal, MD, MS
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VBC & PE: A Match Made in DC
The House of Private Equity Always Wins
Mar 26
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Good Intentions, Bankrupt Doctors
VBC Simulation to Show Why Payor Funded ACOs Backfire
Mar 12
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The Math Behind Hospital-Based ACOs
Exposing the structural trap with the VBC Simulation Model
Feb 26
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Sudeep Bansal, MD, MS
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VBC Financial Simulation Model
Simulate How & Why Contracts Matter More than Care
Feb 12
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Sudeep Bansal, MD, MS
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Health Determinants at Check-In
Funneling Social Problems into the Exam Room
Dec 11, 2025
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The Ritual of Care
How the Annual Physical Became a Billion Dollar Surveillance Machine
Dec 4, 2025
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The Scorekeepers of American Medicine
The History of Quality Measures and Why They Persist
Nov 13, 2025
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Value Based Care
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VBC Financial Simulation Model
Simulate How & Why Contracts Matter More than Care
Feb 12
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Sudeep Bansal, MD, MS
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Value-Based Care & The Illusion of Improvement
Historical Origins, conceptual framework to current implementation and problems with VBC.
Nov 7, 2024
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Sudeep Bansal, MD, MS
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Why VBC Makes Healthcare More Expensive
TLDR: Value Based Care is a Risk Based Contract With Unintended Consequences
May 7
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Sudeep Bansal, MD, MS
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15
2
VBC & PE: A Match Made in DC
The House of Private Equity Always Wins
Mar 26
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Sudeep Bansal, MD, MS
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Good Intentions, Bankrupt Doctors
VBC Simulation to Show Why Payor Funded ACOs Backfire
Mar 12
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Sudeep Bansal, MD, MS
Quality
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The Scorekeepers of American Medicine
The History of Quality Measures and Why They Persist
Nov 13, 2025
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Sudeep Bansal, MD, MS
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The Quality of Quality Measurement
Measuring Our Way to Mediocrity
Jan 9, 2025
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Sudeep Bansal, MD, MS
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The Devilish Details of Data Collection
A Primer On How Reporting Quality Works In HealthCare
Jan 23, 2025
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Sudeep Bansal, MD, MS
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The Madness of Medication Adherence
The Impossible Mission of Quantifying Medication Compliance
Jun 5, 2025
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Sudeep Bansal, MD, MS
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The Pressure to Control Blood Pressure
Rhetoric vs Reality in "Controlling Blood Pressure" Quality Measure
May 22, 2025
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Sudeep Bansal, MD, MS
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Determinants of Health
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The Illusion of Healthy Choices
A Primer on Social Determinants of Health
Aug 21, 2025
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Sudeep Bansal, MD, MS
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Chronic Conditions, Corporate Causes
A Primer on Commercial Determinants of Health
Jul 10, 2025
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Sudeep Bansal, MD, MS
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When Policy Fails, Medicine Pays
A Primer on Political Determinants of Health
Jul 24, 2025
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Sudeep Bansal, MD, MS
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The Architecture of Illness
A Primer on Structural Determinants of Health
Aug 7, 2025
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Sudeep Bansal, MD, MS
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Obesity: A Symptom of the System
And Why Medicine Alone Can't Solve Obesity
Sep 18, 2025
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Sudeep Bansal, MD, MS
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Prevention Dilemmas
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What is a Disease?
At the intersection of doubts, decisions, and dollars
Mar 6, 2025
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False Positives, Real Profits
The dark side of disease screening in healthcare
Mar 20, 2025
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Sudeep Bansal, MD, MS
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Biden and Prostate Cancer Screening
Unpacking Peter Attia's Claims and Why He Is Wrong
May 29, 2025
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Sudeep Bansal, MD, MS
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Rethinking Quality of Breast Cancer Screening
The Data And Folklore Behind Breast Cancer Screening
May 8, 2025
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Sudeep Bansal, MD, MS
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Rethinking Quality of Colon Cancer Screening
Balancing hope, fear, and evidence in colorectal cancer prevention
Apr 24, 2025
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Sudeep Bansal, MD, MS
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Health Tech
Why Fax Refuses to Die in Healthcare
Spoiler: It’s not because doctors are stuck in the 90s.
Jun 19, 2025
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Sudeep Bansal, MD, MS
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The Devilish Details of Data Collection
A Primer On How Reporting Quality Works In HealthCare
Jan 23, 2025
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Sudeep Bansal, MD, MS
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From Healers to Healthkeepers: The History of American Health System
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Health Determinants at Check-In
Funneling Social Problems into the Exam Room
Dec 11, 2025
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Sudeep Bansal, MD, MS
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The Ritual of Care
How the Annual Physical Became a Billion Dollar Surveillance Machine
Dec 4, 2025
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Sudeep Bansal, MD, MS
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2
The Scorekeepers of American Medicine
The History of Quality Measures and Why They Persist
Nov 13, 2025
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Sudeep Bansal, MD, MS
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Everyone is Pre-Sick
From Framingham to Fitness Trackers
Oct 30, 2025
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The Cathedrals of Modern Medicine
How America Built Hospitals and Neglected Health
Oct 16, 2025
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