This is an excerpt from a story delivered exclusively to Business Insider Intelligence Digital Health Briefing subscribers. To receive the full story plus other insights each morning, click here.After a long-awaitedname reveallast week, Haventhe joint healthcare venture formed by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chases healthcare joint venture (JV) announcedit's hiring Dr. Sandhya Rao as VP of clinical strategy, according to CNBC.Rao most recentlyservedan internist at Boston-based Mass General Hospital and senior medical director for Partners Population Health, a Boston-based health system. For context, Haven wasannouncedin 2018 with the broad goal of reducing healthcare costs for the trios 1.2 million combined employees, but has mostly been tight-lipped about its strategy.Heres what it means:Rao is the latest in a slew of recent hires as Haven aggressively staffs up its team. Sincecrowningsurgeon Atul Gawande as CEO in June 2018, Havens gone on a hiring spree.Heres a look at the recent hires we think offer the best insight into Havens plans for the healthcare industry:At Partners, Rao was responsible for advancing value-based care (VBC), a burgeoning payment model that compensates doctors based on cost-effective patient outcomes, rather than the number of services rendered. Given Havens stated goal of reducing costs, it makes sense for Haven to bring in Raos expertise.Jack Stoddard appointedHaven COO in September 2018previously served as COO and CSO of digital health company Accolade. Accolade offers employees price transparency tools and recommendations on the appropriate type of care to seekwith the aim of encouraging employees to utilize low-cost healthcare services.And HavennamedSerkan Kutanwho most recently served as the CTO of ZocDocCTO in February 2019. Kutans experience suggests he could have a hand in developing a consumer-facing platform that leans on transparent pricing to steer the JVs employees toward inexpensive healthcare services.The bigger picture:Havens hires hint it may be gearing up to form or contract with its own network of doctors in order to reduce healthcare costs.Haven's recent focus on staffing executives with experience in VBC and delivering transparent healthcare pricing to employers could indicate that Haven plans to build a curated network of doctors, CNBC notes.Haven could then develop consumer-facing platforms la Zocdoc and Accoladethat guide workers to low-cost, high-quality doctors in Havens network. It makes sense for Haven to focus on provider costs: Payments for physician services made up20%of US healthcare spendingnearly $7 billionin 2017, per the most recent data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.Interested in getting the full story' Here are two ways to get access: 1. Sign up for the Digital Health Briefing to get it delivered to your inbox 4x a week. >> Get Started2. Subscribe to a Premium pass to Business Insider Intelligence and gain immediate access to the Digital Health Briefing, plus more than 250 other expertly researched reports. As an added bonus, you'll also gain access to all future reports and daily newsletters to ensure you stay ahead of the curve and benefit personally and professionally. >> Learn More NowSEE ALSO:THE DIGITAL HEALTH ECOSYSTEM: An in-depth examination of the players and tech trends reshaping the future of healthcareJoin the conversation about this story
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