The innovator and opportunities in health insuranceToo much to go over here, but do explore this thoughtful discussion. Essential learning for the healthcare innovator. Some key excerpts: ...
“Passive” healthcare may deliver more results than incentives and action-oriented optionsHow should the innovator think about incentives and market forces with regard to behavioral change? Employer-based wellness programs con...
Bypass insurance and save money - a growing trendIncreasingly providers of care are rolling out programs that enable the consumer pay a membership fee and in return get care or products ...
Understand the tradeoffs of a “narrow network” health insurance planIn an effort to offer more affordable health plans, insurers have rolled out “narrow network” plans that may significantly restrict the c...
Some good news for health insurance premiumsMany areas of the US are anticipating a pleasurable change for 2019: the price of health insurance is dropping and the choice of plans ar...
No easy solution: Medicaid managed care and fee-for-service both fail With the dramatic expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), states have taken to outsourcing the program to private insu...
Stunning rise in deductibles eat up workers’ income Health insurance deductibles have gone up 200% in the last decade, rising eight times faster than wages. Any way you look at it, the pers...
The pernicious effects of reinsurance on taxpayers Medicare Part D, which is Medicare’s prescription drug plan, seems like the model government health plan: growing enrollment, large consu...
Alphabet buys increasingly large stake in Oscar Health Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has just invested an additional $375 million in the online insurer Oscar Health, the company founded b...
IBM Watson Health Failure StoryInternal competition and a disorganized operating structure have plagued IBM Watson Health since its inception three years ago — ultimate...
Is Direct Contracting the Real Deal?Direct Contracting is an approach taken by some large employers with heavy geographic concentration of their workforce. Direct Contractin...
Apple, Amazon Open Health ClinicsSo we all know that Amazon and Apple are going into healthcare. But come on, do they really think they're going to "dent the universe" ru...
Are ACA Individual Markets Stable, Improving, Worsening. Who Knows?We include this story as an example of the wide range of reports about the status of the individual market. We're working to forming a po...
Wisconsin Governor leads legislation to provide ACA reinsurance to reduce premiums with one hand...and acts to abolish ACA with the other GREEN BAY — President Donald Trump’s administration signed off Sunday on Gov. Scott Walker’s $200 ...
UnitedHealth sees growing interest in ACOsThis article is a candidate for misleading headline of the year. The headline is about a megainsurer's intentto expand its ACO, but the r...