Costs of Care

NGO cultivating change agents who will lead the creation of a more affordable and equitable health system. Affordability Moonshot:

[Costs of Care @CostsofCare]

🎉 Throwback to last Friday when we had the honor of hosting our influential STARS Faculty at the first-ever STARS Faculty Leadership Summit — in person (!) — right here in Chicago!

📍 #STARS #FacultyLeadership #COC #LeadershipSummit #AcademicLeadership #ThrowbackFriday

[Costs of Care @CostsofCare]

We are so excited to welcome our new Fellow, Dr. Shannon Wu! Her dedication to patient affordability is inspiring - read more about Dr. Wu: https://t.co/qPzSwvLmn8
@fumikochino @ChrisMoriates @FutureDocs

[Costs of Care @CostsofCare]

Only a few days left to be our next Costs of Care Fellow and have the opportunity to be mentored by the amazing @fumikochino and Dr. Meera Ragavan! Apply by April 17th -https://t.co/ZVWq5Pc7Dy

[Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD, FASCO @fumikochino]

March 4th.
The only date that is also a command.

It's been 19 years since my husband died of cancer & my life irreversibly changed. It took me years to feel like I wasn't drowning every minute of every day.

Grief & financial toxicity gave me a mission.

https://t.co/w8kkQrdgHQ

[Costs of Care @CostsofCare]

Become our next Costs of Care Fellow and be mentored by the incredible @fumikochino and Dr. Meera Ragavan! Applications due by April 17th - https://t.co/ZVWq5Pc7Dy

[Costs of Care @CostsofCare]

Still energized from the 2026 STARS Costs of Care Summit! 💫
Students nationwide leading the charge in high-value, patient-centered care. This community keeps growing stronger as we build a value-driven future of healthcare.
#STARS2026 #CostsOfCare #HighValueCare

[Costs of Care @CostsofCare]

📣 STARS 2026 National Leadership Summit | This Weekend 🌟
108 student leaders from 28 med schools + 40 faculty mentors come together for a virtual summit on high-value, patient-centered care, leadership, and resource stewardship—coast to coast!

#STARS2026
#HighValueCare

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Millions of Americans face a sharp increase in their insurance premiums. That's after Congress failed to renew subsidies provided by Obamacare.

So, what's the impact for those in need?

🎧 #InsideStory spoke with @_Lindsay_Allen and @neel_shah: https://t.co/nrLLiztLtY

[Hartford HealthCare @HartfordHealthC]

Congratulations to our CEO Jeffrey Flaks on being awarded the Steven Schroeder Award for Outstanding Healthcare CEO!

This award from @CostsOfCare & @LeapfrogGroup recognizes ethical leadership in addressing quality & affordability.

Read more: https://t.co/A9L3zexusK

[Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD, FASCO @fumikochino]

It was an honor to give the @CostsofCare @LeapfrogGroup Schroeder Award for Outstanding Healthcare CEO 🏆 to @HartfordHealthC Pres & CEO Jeffery Flaks. His work to focus the 🏥mission on Access, Affordability, Health Equity, & Excellence represents the future of healthcare.

[Costs of Care @CostsofCare]

Congratulations to @HartfordHealthC President and CEO, Mr. Jeffrey A. Flaks, on receiving this year's prestigious Steven Schroeder Award for Outstanding Healthcare CEO in partnership with @LeapfrogGroup! Read more: https://t.co/eYtMDNfh7d

[Costs of Care @CostsofCare]

⏰ Two weeks left to join STARS 2026!
Schools across the country are committing to high-value, patient-centered care—including WCU, UChicago, Baylor, Texas A&M, UTSA, Mount Sinai, Penn State, Quinnipiac, UCSD, UCSF, UMass Chan & Pitt.

Enroll by Dec 1 ➜ https://t.co/prwyA6PhFo

[Costs of Care @CostsofCare]

📣 STARS Clerkship Taskforce has a new JAMA Net Open paper: “Perspectives on High-Value Care Education Among US Med Students.”

119 students from 40 schools highlighted wide HVC variability—> 50% had no formal curriculum, 63% dissatisfied. Nationwide clerkship #HVC is needed.

[Costs of Care @CostsofCare]

We love seeing our CoC Fellows at the #ASCOQuality meeting! 🌟

Congrats to Drs. Meera Ragavan, Nicole Mott, Justin Barnes & Jenny Xiang for their amazing work — and to former Fellow & now CoC Director Dr. @fumikochino, Chair of #ASCOQLTY25! 👏💙 #HighValueCare #CostsofCareFellow

[Costs of Care @CostsofCare]

🌟 Medical students & faculty — enroll now!

The STARS 2026 Cohort is open! Join the national movement to bring High-Value Care education into medical training and lead change in how care is delivered.

📅 Deadline: Dec 1, 2025
🔗 https://t.co/GKsFTIM5sB

Let’s build together!💡

[Costs of Care @CostsofCare]

Be sure to nominate your CEO for the Steven Schroeder Award - nominations due October 10th! @LeapfrogGroup

https://t.co/TxNJGuov1U

[Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD, FASCO @fumikochino]

"Currently available value frameworks have been primarily developed from a first-world perspective; are they truly applicable in settings where even basic resources are limited?"

🌎In @HemOncToday @WomeninOnc from prior @CostsofCare fellow Dr @hafaydeefe

https://t.co/nrVIACPQSu

[Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD, FASCO @fumikochino]

Had a wonderful day brainstorming on the future steps for @CostsofCare with these healthcare visionaries. Thank you to @FutureDocs for hosting us @UChiPritzker on the phenomenally beautiful @UChicago campus.

[Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD, FASCO @fumikochino]

"Ideas just exist.

It's the people/groups who grab those ideas & fulfill them who make change."

@WolfsonD at the US Students and Trainees Advocating for Resource Stewardship (STARS) Faculty Summit on how @ABIMFoundation built #ChoosingWisely, translating ideas into action.

[Fumiko Ladd Chino, MD, FASCO @fumikochino]

"The hike is complete but the trail is still there; it needs hikers to be complete."

@WolfsonD on the #ChoosingWisely program sunsetting and who will take up the banner to improve value in healthcare.

The onus is on us. The trail awaits.
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