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Population Health Insider
This monthly newsletter features insightful coverage and practical tools that you can put to work immediately in your disease management program.
October 1, 2009 - Issue 10 -
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California pushes to enact strongest anti-rescission law in the nation
AHIP study: Medicare Advantage provides better care than FFS Medicare
Four ways to get more young adults health coverage
New efforts to insure young adults may beat reform
Nine health leaders respond to Obama’s reform speech
Group charges health insurers are violating state labor code
September 1, 2009 - Issue 9 -
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Tailoring DM interventions could improve patient outcomes, lower utilization
Prevention and health promotion could save Medicare $1.4 trillion over 10 years
BCBSA study shows low health plan administrative costs
BCBSA companies took loss in 2008
Insurers’ rating outlooks tumble
Small businesses could win big in House health reform bill
Eight tips to help get your business associates to comply with HIPAA
BAs, covered entities should comply with HITECH now
BCBSA puts bank up for sale
Could a Massachusetts-style individual mandate work across the nation?
ICD-10 implementation: Critical steps insurers must take
Hospitals would see 32% payment drop with public plan
AHIP decries ‘exorbitant’ out-of-network charges
Health insurers, employers could play key roles in tackling healthcare disparities
Health cooperatives can’t replace public option
Marketing and technology may soon play bigger roles in health insurance
HHS fires up rhetoric against health insurance industry
Health card companies defrauding patients shut down
August 1, 2009 - Issue 8 -
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Consumers interested in technology, but not using it now
Five key questions about an insurance exchange
Insurers: Added regulations through health reform will increase plan costs
Health reform calls for preventive care, but questions persist about savings
Healthy San Francisco has increased access
Pharma agrees to fund part of Medicare doughnut hole
Many business associates not ready to comply with HIPAA
Cost of hospital care for obese children has doubled
Physician compensation trails inflation
‘Rip-off’ insurance scam shut down
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts rewards docs for efficient quality of care
July 1, 2009 - Issue 7 -
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Public insurance is not the only issue for insurers
Medical cost trend fairly stagnant, but consumers shouldering bigger load of healthcare costs
Insurers are paying faster and denying fewer claims
Payers’ administrative practices costing physician offices as much as $31 billion annually
Report: States could save money by expanding Medicaid managed care
Bill would test value-based insurance in Medicare
Businesses with comprehensive health management programs enjoy better engagement, health outcomes
PBM sale highlights dilemma for health plans
June 1, 2009 - Issue 6 -
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DTCC saves money, improves clinical measures and prevention
Alternative to HRAs: Using microsegmentation to reach at-risk patients
Health plans need to prepare for climate change threats
Aetna study: CDHP patients do not put off preventive care
PBM sale highlights dilemma for health plans
Reports show benefits, problems with public option
May 1, 2009 - Issue 5 -
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Stimulus law makes changes to HIPAA
Employers concerned about future of health benefits
Member experience has direct correlation to plan satisfaction
Three types of alignment for better payer-provider relations
April 17, 2009 - Issue 4 -
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Study shows difficulties in coordinating care
Health plans, physicians disagree on healthcare
VBID may have a place in healthcare reform
Quality, positive ROI not mutually exclusive
What's important to hospitals, employers differ
March 1, 2009 - Issue 3 -
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Employers raising PPO deductibles to offset costs
CIGNA trumpets lower costs, better prevention in CDHP
Good health = good business
Patient alerts improve compliance
Poor risk contract results not common
February 1, 2009 - Issue 2 -
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CMS: MHS did not save money or improve health
Health Dialog implements what it learned from MHS
Chronic illness self-management puts patient in charge
Technology lends a hand
Grassroots programs tackle healthcare problems
MGMA confirms costs outpace revenues
Low reimbursement depresses compensation
January 1, 2009 - Issue 1 -
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Workplace wellness stretches across globe
Consumer-driven plans creating cost-conscious consumers
More than one in five U.S. adults at lower activation levels
High demand, increased procedures drive compensation
DMAA’s report expands further into population health
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