Even though I have been working with Healthwise for over eight years, I am ashamed to say I didn't know much about how they actually went about creating their patient educational content until I visited them in Boise. We've been having a hard time promoting patient education in India , even though...
Back in June of 2010 HHS announced $51 Million in grants and that was not enough it appears. This is a tough battle as health insurers come back with their business intelligence generated reports that substantiate their demands for premiums increase. To dispute and look at accurate numbers, they...
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It’s probably doing the blog that created that title above because yes it is repetitions and not a bad thing but it’s just one more program and collaboration in the wall. There’s not that much difference in the goal but everyone has their own content direction, etc. The website won’t be the...
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Back in 2008, Aetna tried a pill lottery with incentives for taking prescriptions. The Foundation is more ore less trying to figure out how to work better with those in ethnic groups to eat better and control their diabetes. Aetna "Take your Pill" Lottery... Wellpoint and insurance...
This is realistic as you can’t assume everyone is on the same level as you are if you are well read in health insurance and the jargon that goes along with all of it. Spend a little time in the real world with real doctors and real patients and this becomes crystal clear. Health Insurance Lingo...
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By taking a look at this letter, I can see what nothing gets accomplished in Congress today requesting the Forms 990 from IHI to include all schedules. Senator Grassley is also asking about his benefits and I assume this might be inquiring as to whether or not he’s going to be a Medicare participant...
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This is a help and you can pick and choose which alerts you want to receive by email and perhaps in time we could see some of the announcements on Twitter? That’s on the “wish list” here and is my comment. As we are all getting so much busier in life the data overload just keeps on rolling...
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Here’s yet one more carrier with increased profits and in the news Aetna stated they were going to cut unprofitable contracts with employers to attain greater profits. If you read further Aetna says they stand to make even more money with their projections. Membership is down but profits are up...
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Let’s face it, nothing else takes place until the bills get paid and yes we need to have certified EHR systems that work, I agree, but priorities here just seem to be a little bit out of order. The healthcare business is like any other with hospitals and doctors needing to project their income...
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This is what it is, states can apply for grants to submit what type of business intelligence or mathematic functionality they plan to use to provide better figures based on configured algorithms to keep on top of economic conditions relative to health insurance premium adjustments. The entire...
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Education is not at all a bad idea but have the folks at HHS look at what they are immersing doctors with in such a short amount of time? Of course none of the committees that recommend and devise all of these reports are the ones responsible for using them so it’s a bit of a “fantasy world” existence...
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This should come as no surprise as insurers have to investigate fully and take advantage of all their business intelligence software for guidance here as this will impact investor relations and the what they can predict to shareholders in the way of dividends. Perhaps the HHS requirements here...
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Here we go one more time for one of my “favorite” rants (grin). Nobody takes this seriously as we have no role models as we don’t see anyone at top levels, with the exception of President Obama using any technology, look how much press his use of a BlackBerry received a while back. Now there...
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I talk a lot about the need for education and have commented frequently on how are consumers going to understand how to use “Quicken Health” if they don’t understand how to use a personal health record? Intuit confirms this now with their own study. This is not rocket science research, just...
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In California this has been an ongoing battle for years with trying to ensure that medical premium money paid actually goes to spending on healthcare, but where will the lines be crossed here? I think we would all like to agree on what is “healthcare” expense and perhaps not include additional...
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