Costs of Care

The stars (students and trainees advocating for resource stewardship) program catalyzes grassroots, student-led initiatives to advance health Care value in medical education. The program has grown and now includes more than 600 medical student participants from more than 50 different medical schools engaged in a longitudinal learning collaborative.the stars program provides both students and faculty opportunities to "lead from where you stand and advance high-value Care education and implementation, supporting their own career development and furthering our shared mission to provide the best Care at lower Costs for patients. The stars 2023 cohort consisted of over 110 students and over 40 faculty representing 34 medical schools throughout the united states. Recruitment for the stars 2024 will successfully see 116 new students and 41 faculty, representing 30 medical schools throughout the united states. Learn more at stars.costsofcare.org

Affordability moonshot: the affordability moonshot is a movement to improve patient affordability so that no one should have to choose between their life and their life savings. We are informed by outputs from our previous affordability accelerator, which convened influential experts and stakeholders to work together on developing and disseminating the most promising high-impact and sustainable interventions to improve patient affordability. We utilize our outputs to continue to cultivate change agents who will lead the creation of a more affordable and equitable health system. Our moonshot work includes Costs of Care fellowships for healthcare providers interested in working with national leaders to promote discussion, training, and dissemination efforts to improve the delivery of more affordable and value-based healthcare. The 2023 fellowship cycle provided 1 such healthcare provider the opportunity to work closely with the Costs of Care team to move forward research related to oncology high-value Care and affordability. Recruitment for the 2024 fellowship cycle will see 3 such healthcare provider interested in moving forward high-value Care and affordability in neurology practice and in oncology practice.