The Best Place to Die, and Affordable Healthcare
If we are to treat healthcare services the same way we treat other services in terms of assessing and evaluating affordability, then many existing paradigms in our healthcare system will need to...
View ArticleWearables: Telemedicine Meets the Consumer
Whenever you snap a picture and send it to a friend for advice, you’re blazing a trail to the future of telemedicine. The American Telemedicine Association defines this activity as the use of medical...
View ArticleWhy Healthcare Payers Can’t Afford Automation
Using technology to automate business processes is a good thing that enhances operational efficiency and drive cost savings, right? Not always. Today’s healthcare marketplace offers a...
View ArticleWill Healthcare Reform Create Jobs?
Healthcare payers are scrambling to adapt their business operations to the dramatic changes resulting from the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Claims processing presents a particular challenge: because...
View ArticlePayers, Pregnancy and Parenthood – a New World for Health Insurers
Since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law more than four years ago, healthcare payers have recognized that their world would change. Think of a couple expecting their first child: they know...
View ArticleMaking the Case for the Healthcare Benefits Exchange … or Not
Though private benefits exchange adoption rates gained ground for the 2015 plan year, with both Mercer and Aon Hewitt recently announcing increases in the number of healthcare exchange clients, the...
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The Intriguing Intersection of Wearable Technology and Healthcare
The outlook for wearables in the healthcare sector is very bright. So bright, in fact, that Soreon Research estimates the current global market to be US $2 billion and, that by 2020—just five years...
View ArticleNavigating the Healthcare Exchange Market? The Complexity Can Pay Off
As we head into the fourth year of private healthcare exchanges—a marketplace from which employers can purchase health insurance, contribute a defined cash amount and then allow their employees to...
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The Most Important Questions Companies Should Ask When Considering a Private...
Though this year promises to bring dramatic change to employer-based healthcare, one thing stays the same: employers are looking to cut costs. Many will continue to adjust healthcare plan design,...
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How to Determine which Private Exchange is Best for Your Organization: One...
Choosing the right private benefits exchange provider involves evaluating a dizzying array of options that vary significantly depending on plan availability, funding methods, employee choice, projected...
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