Scott Cohen
Principal
Atlanta, GA, US
Experience
Scott has more than 25 years of experience in healthcare analytics. Prior to joining Milliman, he served as the director of medical economics for a disease management vendor and as a senior health analytic consultant for a major benefits consulting firm. Examples of his specific client work include the following:
- Healthcare spending and utilization trend driver analysis
- Risk-adjusted total cost of care benchmarking with drilldown to detailed service and diagnostic categories to understand opportunities to improve benchmarking performance
- Development of custom surgical and chronic condition episodes
- Design and evaluation of methodologies to measure the impact of healthcare interventions
Education
- MPH, Health Policy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- MS, Exercise Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- BS, Accounting, State University of New York, Binghamton
Publications
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Article
Direct-to-employer contracting for bundled payments: Key considerations for providers
19 February 2025 - by Christopher Murphy, Brian A. Sweatman, Paul Sakhrani, Scott Cohen, Alyssa Martin
We review the key considerations for providers when handling direct-to-employer contracts for bundled payments.
Article
Informal caregiving – the unseen obligations and opportunity
22 February 2023 - by Scott Cohen, Barbara Culley, Nicole Gaspar, Christin Kuretich
Companies have a key opportunity to differentiate themselves by developing thoughtful support for employees who provide informal care to their loved ones.
Article
Considering trend guarantees in your next TPA selection analysis
01 May 2019 - by Scott Cohen, Paul Sakhrani, Brian A. Sweatman
There is increased interest from both employers and third-party administrators (TPAs) in incorporating medical trend guarantees into TPA selection analyses.