Tag Archives: Excess

A Broader Approach To Managing Health Care Risk

Posted on February 15, 2013 by

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 →

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Them, Not Us

Posted on January 7, 2013 by

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 →

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Irresistible Forces

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

Brian Klepper Posted 10/28/12 on Medscape Connect’s Care & Cost Blog At our first meeting years ago, Tom Emerick, Walmart’s then VP of Global Benefits, told me, “No industry can grow indefinitely at a multiple of general inflation. It will … Continue reading →

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Medicare Spending Time Bomb

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

Tom Emerick Posted 1/23/12 on Cracking Health Costs A huge amount of attention is focused on the national debt, and it should be.  The real train wreck in the pipeline is Medicare and Medicaid spending. According to CBO projections, “Total … Continue reading →

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