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Health News From KHN- GAO: Smooth And Timely Launch Of Health Exchanges Unsure June 19, 2013
- 'Get Covered America' Campaign Launched By Nonproft Group June 19, 2013
- State Highlights: Ark. AG Asks State Supreme Court To Uphold J&J Fine; N.Y. Abortion Measure To Get Separate Vote June 19, 2013
- Report: Improper Prescription Drug Use Drives Up Cost Of Care June 19, 2013
- AMA: Obesity Is A Disease June 19, 2013
- CBO Finds Immigration Bill Would Save Gov't. Money June 19, 2013
- House Passes Ban On Abortion After 20 Weeks Of Pregnancy June 19, 2013
- Senate Finance Committee Examines Health Care Prices; Steven Brill Testifies June 19, 2013
- Viewpoints: Urgency Has Slipped Away For 'Grand Bargain'; The Need To Scrutinize Drug Competition; Restore Funding To 'Meals On Wheels' June 19, 2013
- Texas Senate Approves Abortion Restrictions, Prompting Access Fears June 19, 2013
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Category Archives: Benefits
Using Strong Carrots and Sticks To Drive Health Care That Works
Brian Klepper Posted 5/09/13 on Medscape Connect’s Care & Cost Blog On a recent call with a large manufacturer, my company’s team expected to describe how we develop primary care medical homes that become platforms for managing comprehensive health care clinical and financial … Continue reading
When Employers Get Serious About Managing Health Care Risk
Brian Klepper Posted 4/07/13 on Medscape Connect’s Care & Cost Blog Last week I visited with Gary Rost, an unassumingly knowledgeable man and the Executive Director of the Savannah Business Group (SBG), arguably one of the most effective health care coalitions … Continue reading
The Reality of Health Care Cost
Brian Klepper This beautifully written letter was forwarded after an interview with me on health care cost appeared in a Florida newspaper. Many of us with coverage often think in abstract terms about working families that do not have access to employer-sponsored … Continue reading
A Broader Approach To Managing Health Care Risk
Brian Klepper Posted 2/15/13 on Medscape Connect’s Care & Cost Blog Health care’s purchasers crave certainty. But complexity – and therefore uncertainty – rules. Assurances are hard to come by. The most common question asked by prospective clients of my onsite clinic/medical … Continue reading
Them, Not Us
Brian Klepper Posted 1/7/13 on Medscape Connect’s Care and Cost Blog “How many businesses do you know that want to cut their revenue in half? That’s why the healthcare system won’t change the healthcare system.” Rick Scott, Governor of Florida Former … Continue reading
When Employers Collaborate To Manage Health Care Costs
Brian Klepper Published 12/09/12 in the Eau Claire, WI Leader-Telegram Note from Brian: This piece appeared last weekend in the Eau Claire, WI newspaper, and was written with the encouragement of employers in that community who, rightly, believe they’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in Analytics, Benefits, Health Care Cost, Innovation, Medical Management
Tagged Brian Klepper, Eau Claire, Health Care Cost
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Walmart Moves Health Care Forward Again
Brian Klepper Posted 10/12/12 on Medscape Connect’s Care & Cost Blog Walmart’s sheer size makes almost any of their initiatives newsworthy. That said, despite being a lightning rod for criticism on employee benefits and health care, they have introduced initiatives with … Continue reading
Posted in Analytics, Benefits, Brian Klepper, Consumerism, Health Care Cost, Market Dynamics, Medical Management, Physicians
Tagged Centers of Excellence, Cost, Lowes, Pepsico, Walmart
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Why Medical Management Will Re-Emerge
Brian Klepper Posted 7/31/12 on Medscape Connect’s Care and Cost Several years ago I had dinner with a woman who had served in the late 1990s as the national Chief Medical Officer of a major health plan. At the time, … Continue reading
Posted in Analytics, Benefits, Brian Klepper, Health Care Cost, Medical Management, Policy/Law/Regulation, Politics, Quality, Reform, Tools
Tagged Brian Klepper, Medical Management
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Whatever It Is, It’s Not Insurance
Tom Emerick Posted 5/9/12 on Cracking Health Costs Discussions about covering “pre-existing” health conditions occur frequently among health policy people. One frequent thread is that health insurers should not be allowed to deny coverage to people with pre-existing health condition. … Continue reading
Barking Up the Wrong Tree: Affordability, Not Cost Growth, Is The Real Policy Challenge
Jeff Goldsmith Posted 5/7/12 on The Health Affairs Blog A recent spate of commentaries on the continuing health spending moderation raise an important policy question: If the cost curve is well and truly bent, why are we investing so much … Continue reading
Posted in Analytics, Benefits, Consumerism, Health Care Cost, Imaging, Innovation, Policy/Law/Regulation, Politics, Supply Chain
Tagged Affordability, Cost Growth, Jeff Goldsmith, Medicare
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GOP Alternatives to ObamaCare
Joe Paduda Posted 5/2/12 on Managed Care Matters When it comes to health reform, perhaps the only thing Congressional Republicans agree on is they hate ObamaCare. There’s no agreement on a basic framework much less consensus on an actual bill. … Continue reading
The Decline and Potential Renaissance of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits: EBRI and MetLife Reports Tell the Story
Two reports this week suggest countervailing trends for employer-sponsored health benefits: the erosion of the health benefit among companies, and opportunities for those progressive employers who choose to stay in the health benefit game. In 2010, nearly 50% of workers under 65 years of age … Continue reading
Posted in Analytics, Benefits, Health Care Cost, Innovation, Market Dynamics
Tagged Cost, Employer-Sponsored Coverage, Jane Sarasohn-Kahn
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How Health Consumers Think About Cost and Quality
Nick Vailas Posted 4/24/12 on Healthcare Transparency Now Recent focus groups conducted as part of a study funded by a federal agency reported the following: People are loathe to make cost and resource use a consideration in choosing health care providers and … Continue reading
Posted in Benefits, Consumerism, Health Care Cost, Medical Management
Tagged Health Care Cost, Nick Vailas, Quality
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Cappers vs.Skinners in the Struggle To Control Costs
Jaan Sidorov Posted 4/25/12 on The Disease Management Care Blog The Disease Management Care Blog agrees that if you want a peek at a potential future scenario for health care reform, look at what has happened in Massachusetts since 2006. … Continue reading
