This Galen Institute briefing features some of the pioneers in the movement of independent and innovative medical practices, who bypass the managed care system and serve patients directly. Speakers discuss how they are taking different approaches to serving a new market. An archived webcast of this event is available at … [Read more...] about Consumer Driven Health Care: Physicians Respond
Consumer Driven Health Care: Physicians Respond
This Galen Institute briefing features some of the pioneers in the movement of independent and innovative medical practices, who bypass the managed care system and serve patients directly. Speakers discuss how they are taking different approaches to serving a new market. An archived webcast of this event is available at … [Read more...] about Consumer Driven Health Care: Physicians Respond
Independence
More and more studies are validating the value of the new Temporary Drug Discount Card program, and, despite a spate of bad press, more and more seniors seem to be figuring out for themselves that this is a good deal. Bob Helms of the American Enterprise Institute hosted a briefing on Wednesday that focused on a benchmark study by Joe Antos and Ximena Pinell of AEI that provides a detailed … [Read more...] about Independence
HSA Products Continue to Roll Out with Virtually Every Carrier Entering the Market
IN THIS ISSUE: ? Time to Recharge Them Batteries ? Vermont Takes on a Whole New Look ? Washington State ? ?Nearly All Carriers Have HSAs? ? Washington State ? ?Deceptive and Dangerous Initiative? ? New York State ? Expect 36% HSA Penetration in Two Years ? Harvard Pilgrim Struggles to get it Right ? Kansas City ? ?I?m In Control!? ? Indiana ? 45% Choose HSA Option ? BCBS Illinois and The … [Read more...] about HSA Products Continue to Roll Out with Virtually Every Carrier Entering the Market
HSA Products Continue to Roll Out with Virtually Every Carrier Entering the Market
IN THIS ISSUE: ? Time to Recharge Them Batteries ? Vermont Takes on a Whole New Look ? Washington State ? ?Nearly All Carriers Have HSAs? ? Washington State ? ?Deceptive and Dangerous Initiative? ? New York State ? Expect 36% HSA Penetration in Two Years ? Harvard Pilgrim Struggles to get it Right ? Kansas City ? ?I?m In Control!? ? Indiana ? 45% Choose HSA Option ? BCBS Illinois … [Read more...] about HSA Products Continue to Roll Out with Virtually Every Carrier Entering the Market
Solutions through Tax Reform
Some members of Congress are threatening to use a hatchet to fix a problem in the health sector that requires a scalpel. Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) has reintroduced the misguided patients' bill of rights in response to a U.S. Supreme Court decision this week saying that employees don't have the legal right to sue their health plans in state courts. Dingell's legislation would layer more crushing … [Read more...] about Solutions through Tax Reform
Health Savings Accounts: Early experience shows broad appeal
A new study by a leading firm offering Health Savings Accounts shows that 43% of those purchasing the new accounts since January 1 were previously uninsured. The study released June 21 by Assurant Health, a national health insurance carrier that focuses on individual and small group policies, shows that the new accounts are appealing to those who previously were shut out of the insurance market, … [Read more...] about Health Savings Accounts: Early experience shows broad appeal
Physicians Respond to Consumer Driven Health Care
IN THIS ISSUE: ? Physicians Respond to Consumer Driven Health Care ? Health Benefits Reform Meeting in Washington ? Shadegg to Introduce CHOICE Act ? Herzlinger in Harvard Business Review ? Head in the Sand Physicians Respond to Consumer Driven Health Care Once again, I need to apologize for missing a week. I think you'll understand when I tell you how busy things have been. First, we had … [Read more...] about Physicians Respond to Consumer Driven Health Care