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- Will Consumer-Driven Health Care Plans Be the Wave of the Future?
- There has been an increase in the implementation of consumer-driven plans. The recognition that health-care cost cutting measures have been working poorly has led to an increase in the quantum of health benefits provided to the employees.
- White papers 2003-01-03
- Senate Committee's Health Insurance Plan Doesn't Add Up
- The great magicians on the Senate Finance Committee have pulled the rabbit out of their hat to reduce the 10-year cost of their reform plan to $1 trillion. And what have they come up with? According to Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND), they’ve cut the cost mainly by reducing eligibility for...
- Blog posts 2009-06-26
- PACCAR, Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Joel Tiss – Buckingham Research. Joel Tiss – Buckingham Research Just a quick one, it sounds like you’re under producing the retail demand in the near term to clean out the inventories so is it fair for...
- Earnings calls 2009-07-28
- Health Care Plan Management - Redefined: Humana Boosts Operational Efficiency and Customer Satisfaction
- The challenge put forth by the client was to control rising benefits costs and ease decision-making for consumers, health-insurance provider Humana envisioned a Web-based health plan - but also needed an integrated e-business platform to support it. After carefully comparing competing software solutions, Humana selected EDS MetaVance® as the foundation...
- Case studies
- The Health Insurance Plan of California: The First Five Years
- The Health Insurance Plan of California HIPC was the nation's first and largest state-run purchasing alliance for small firms. Since its creation in 1993, the HIPC has established itself as a stable and experienced player in the competitive market for small-group insurance. Although its existence does not appear to have...
- White papers 2001-04-25
- Improving the Care of Older Adults With Common Geriatric Conditions
- The goal of this report is to draw from a composite of evidence-based literature, best practices, and professional judgment to demonstrate how MCOs can implement effective interventions that enhance functional status and quality of life for their older members. Historically, older persons with multiple coexisting problems have been excluded from...
- White papers 2002-02-01
- One Patient, Many Places: Managing Health Care Transitions
- This report addresses how Managed Care Organizations MCOs can improve the quality of transitions among care venues for members with complex care needs. In this report, care transitions are defined as patient transfers from one care setting to another. Although transfers within one particular setting (such as from a hospital...
- White papers 2004-02-01
- Type II Diabetes
- America's health plans are at the forefront of advancing treatment and care of patients with Type II diabetes. This issue of Women's Health Advances Today demonstrates successful implementation of evidence based medicine in the realm of Type II diabetes care. Diabetes affects a growing portion of the U.S. population and...
- White papers 2002-05-31
- Medicaid Managed Care Cost Savings - A Synthesis of Fourteen Studies
- The reports summarize the cost savings experience of just some of the states that have implemented managed care for their Medicaid populations. Given the adverse budget pressures currently confronting states, policymakers are understandably interested in assessing whether such Medicaid managed care expansion might ease these fiscal pressures. The findings from...
- White papers 2004-07-01
- Advancing Women's Health: Health Plans' Innovative Programs in Breastfeeding Promotion
- This latest monograph focuses on the important topic of breastfeeding. Although breast milk provides infants with the ideal form of nutrition and while breastfeeding confers major health benefits on mothers and babies, too few American women choose to breastfeed. Those that do can encounter early challenges that make continuation difficult...
- White papers 2001-07-01
- Disease Management Organization
- AHIP has created a unique partnership specifically for Disease Management members, called AHIP Solutions DM Direct which has been discussed in this paper. The goal of DM Direct is to promote greater understanding of and visibility for DM companies with their most critical target audience?the health insurance plan community. With...
- White papers 2001-03-26
- Addressing Tobacco in Managed Care: Resource Guide for Health Plans
- This guide is a resource from the National Technical Assistance Office NTAO of the Addressing Tobacco in Managed Care initiative, a program developed and funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The Addressing Tobacco in Managed Care initiative was timed to take advantage of several forces, including the release of...
- White papers 2001-01-01
- Current Issues Report: Approaches to Depression Care
- The report highlights health plan's thoughtful and wide-ranging approaches to this common disease, which affects approximately ten percent of the U.S. population at any given time. Because health plans provide the health care for most Americans, (approx. 68% of the population), they have a strong commitment to improve the recognition,...
- White papers 2001-03-26
- Healthcare Plan Contracting - A Deliberate Approach
- Healthcare is a critical sector, which is involved in shaping the lives of individuals. It is said that the success of a society depends on the health of its members. In the respect, the healthcare sector assumes prominence. Several important issues have to be addressed while formulating the healthcare contracting...
- Webcasts 2003-01-01
- Insurers Deepen Roots Of Consumer-Driven Health Care
- In today's dynamic business environment, health care plans have assumed significance. Among them, consumer-driven health care plans are the most prominent. Consumer-driven health is increasingly affecting insurers, providers, employers, and consumers. The paper examines this issue in detail.
- White papers 2004-05-01
- New Health Insurance Plan Offers Affordable Rates To Miami Valley
- This aticle is about a new health insurance plan that will offer a comprehensive network of physicians and hospitals, and flexible benefit designs at competitive pricing – available only to businesses in the eight-county Miami Valley region – will be introduced Aug. 1. Medical Mutual's Greater Miami Valley Health Plan...
- White papers 2003-07-08
- Why do Employees Keep Choosing the Expensive Health Care Plan?
- In 1991, The Dannon Company provided 287 of its employees with a choice of health care plans. The new plan was less expensive and designed to fit employees' needs better. Contrary to managerial expectation, three-quarters of employees continued to choose the more expensive plan. To study why...
- White papers 1995-01-01
- Obama on Letterman Separates the Men (Letterman) from the Boys (O'Brien)
- The decision by President Obama to go to "Late Night with David Letterman" instead of "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" to discuss his healthcare plan is a tipping point in the late-night wars. by Catharine P. Taylor
- Blog posts 2009-09-17
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- St. John, Oakwood Medicaid plans may merge. (St. John System's Sunshine Health Plan; Oakwood Healthcare Plan)
- St. John Health System's Medicaid clinic plan may have found refuge after failing this summer to get state certification for future business. The Detroit-based plan, known as Sunshine Health Plan, is looking to consolidate with Oakwood Healthcare Plan in Dearborn, executives from both organizations confirmed...
- Research articles 1997-11-03
- International Medical Group and Ping An P&C Insurance Company of China Ltd Launch GlobalSelect International Healthcare Plan in China
- INDIANAPOLIS -- International Medical Group([R]), Inc. (IMG([R])) is pleased to announce the launch of Ping An GlobalSelect([R]) International Healthcare, an international healthcare plan that is modeled after IMG's successful GlobalSelect([R]) plan and tailored for the domestic Chinese market. The product is available for distribution through insurance brokers in China and...
- Research articles 2008-06-27
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