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HealthCare Consumerism Radio: Cecily Hall, Executive Vice President, MedEncentive
04/29/2013 - Hosts Brent Macy, Managing Director with The Institute for HealthCare Consumerism (IHC), and Ron Bachman, Chairman of the Editorial Advisory Board, speak with Cecily Hall, Executive Vice President, MedEncentive. Cecily talks about her FORUM workshop "Achieving the Triple Aim by Triangulating the Interests of Payors, Providers and Patients".
State of Self-funding and the TPA Industry
04/29/2013 - For more than 30 years I have had the privilege of sharing candid personal insights with stakeholders about the status of the TPA industry, employee benefits marketplace, and always-swirling government environment. My reports and predictions have sometimes seemed wild, but I am amazed that they have had about a 90
HealthCare Consumerism Radio: Dr. Wendy Lynch, On Creating Better Consumers of Health Care
04/16/2013 - Hosts Doug Field, CEO of The Institute for HealthCare Consumerism (IHC), and Ron Bachman, Chairman of the Editorial Advisory Board, talk with Dr. Wendy Lynch, Co-Director, Center for Consumer Choice in Health Care at Altarum. This discussion focuses on how to create better consumers of health care.
Employers To Increase Pressure on Doctors to Justify Costs
03/25/2013 - amednews.com: A survey of self-insured companies finds that many support efforts linking physician pay to quality and price measures.
Small Businesses Pursue Health Law ‘Loophole’
03/19/2013 - KHN: NorthBay Adventure is the kind of small business that could be expected to buy medical insurance for workers under sweeping health-act rules taking effect in 2014. But executive director George Comfort says that’s not likely to happen.
Consumers Don't View Curbing Costs As Their Job When Choosing Treatments, Study Finds
03/13/2013 - KHN: In recent years, consumers have increasingly been encouraged by employers and insurers to help control rising health care costs by avoiding unnecessary tests, buying generic drugs and reducing visits to the emergency room, among other things.
It’s Time to Transform Health Care – and We in the Industry Know How To Do It
02/27/2013 - In his February 23, 2013 article in the New York Times, Richard Thaler, noted professor of Economics at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago, makes several suggestions on how to improve US health care.
Self-Funding and PPACA
02/21/2013 - An article came out in the Sunday New York Times recently ( 2/17/13) titled ‘Some Employers Could Opt Out of Insurance Market, Raising Others’ Costs.’ Interesting read.
Fifty-Two Card Pick Up
02/11/2013 - Remember when you were a kid and someone asked you if you wanted to play “fifty-two pick up” with your new deck of cards? He would throw them all into the air and you would pick them up. Fun!
Premium Subsidies – What You Need to Know
02/08/2013 - The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides premium tax credits and cost-sharing subsidies to help low- and moderate-income Americans afford coverage. While subsidies will help many people purchase coverage, millions of individuals and families are not eligible for subsidies and, for those that are eligible, the amount of the subsidy declines
The Basics of Health Insurance Exchange
02/06/2013 - Health insurance exchanges can be thought of as online marketplaces that individuals and small businesses access to find health insurance options
Former HealthCare Consumerism Superstar Mackey Featured on CNN
02/06/2013 - Former HealthCare Consumerism Superstar John Mackey criticizes ObamaCare during an interview on CNN
TurboTax, Not Travelocity, May Be Better Analogy For Health Exchanges
02/05/2013 - KHN: For years, we've been hearing that health insurance exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act are going to be "online marketplaces, like Travelocity" where people will buy health policies like plane tickets. But a consumer focus group in Colorado suggests people are going to want something more like TurboTax.
Health Care Reform and the Benefits Renewal Process
02/05/2013 - The Supreme Court decision last June removed the remaining obstacles blocking implementation of health care reform. Prior to the ruling, many employers took a “wait and see” approach and were left scrambling to qualify and quantify how those aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010
Industry Research by Interpro Publications Annual HSA Survey Finds Strong 2012 Growth
02/05/2013 - A new benchmarking survey of the largest U.S. banks in the health savings account market finds strong growth in the number and percentage of Americans with HSAs.
Private Exchanges: The Future Health Insurance Purchasing Model Has Arrived
02/05/2013 - Private health insurance exchanges or “private exchanges” have been a very hot topic since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010. While private exchanges did exist prior to the ACA, the health care reform law gave them new life—one that is on pace to be a prominent
Getting a ‘Private Exchange’ Health Plan: Will Older Employees Benefit From Online Market?
02/05/2013 - Much of the hubbub in health care these days centers on the creation of public health insurance exchanges in compliance with the Affordable Care Act. But another, potentially groundbreaking shift is under way in the private sector, with the formation of so-called private exchanges.
Self-funding More and More of an Option for Small Employers
02/01/2013 - The PPACA is prompting many small and midsize employers to talk even more seriously about taking the plunge to self-funded health care plans.
Trends in Consumer-driven Health Plans
01/28/2013 - An important step that’s often overlooked when buying health insurance is benchmarking your plan to what others are doing in your industry, group size and region.
With ObamaCare's Repeal Blocked, Congress Works To Dismantle And Defund It
01/24/2013 - Facing a presidential veto pen blocking repeal of ObamaCare, the House is working to defund, dismantle, and delay implementation of the unpopular health overhaul law to avert at least some of its damage in the near term.
