Posted August 8, 2018 with 0 comments
Recently, having navigated my way through a difficult event, I got to thinking about how people interface and make choices within the healthcare ecosystem.
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Posted July 10, 2018 with 0 comments
We’ve lost a great deal of that simplicity in our approach to improving health and wellness for our workforce. Instead of focusing on a single behavior change for a single person, we’ve been focused on technologies and cookie-cutter solutions for the entire population.
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Posted June 12, 2018 with 0 comments
There are no regulations on what hospitals or providers can bill for services, on what pharmaceutical manufacturers can charge for their newest product, or what percentage of rebates PBMs can rake in. Nor is there alignment of fiduciary responsibility.
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Posted March 6, 2018 with 0 comments
The impact employees have on an organization’s bottom line is well understood by employers.
But, what is less discussed is how employers (and the community) can impact overall employee health and performance.
It’s this issue that drives our work at Health Action Council and inspired a recent white paper entitled Community Health Data: Improving Employer Investment in Overall Employee Health.
Released in cooperation with UnitedHealthcare and Optum CommunityHeath analytics, the research investigated employee populations within HAC’s communities nationwide and was recently revealed at our 2018 Annual Conference entitled IN*VALUE*ABLE held February 22-23 in Cleveland.
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Posted February 17, 2018 with 0 comments
Most recently, the unfortunate report of a Texas wife and mother who died from Influenza after declining Tamiflu due to cost. While others focus on removing the geographic barrier to care and bringing the healthcare environment right into a patient’s home.
In the past, our government and many others have tried to help make healthcare more accessible and encourage patients to become smarter consumers through education and cost transferring.
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