Category Archives: reduce health care costs
The Dark Side of Group Broker Selection
Besides costing you money, selecting the wrong broker might just get you in trouble with the law. I know, you’re thinking, “C’mon, Jim, don’t overstate your case. It can’t be that bad to make a poor choice.”
Obesity, Hypertension, Diabetes: Is America Finally Waking Up?
This week Gallup released some interesting info on health and well-being in the US. Some years ago Gallup teamed up with Healthways Well Being to create the Gallup-Healthways Well Being Index, which measures the general health of the US.
In Defense of Some Higher Cost Sharing
I just came across the abstract of an article in Health Affairs Magazine. I’m not a subscriber, so I can’t get access to the full details of the study, i.e. the numbers and percentages.
New Massachusetts Health Care Cost Control Breakthrough
Harvard Pilgrim announced today that it’s rolling out a new cost control incentive for those covered by group health insurance in Massachusetts. The initiative is called SaveOn and the concept is to actually put cash into the hands of patients for choosing to use lower-cost, high-quality providers.