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BOSTON & ARLINGTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HighRoads, the industry leader in employer health care regulation compliance, and the Corporate Executive Board (NYSE: EXBD) (CEB), a leading research and advisory services company, today announced the results of their first joint study on health care benefits plan design data. The combined study from The Lab®, HighRoads’ real-time employer benefits database, shows [...]
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LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill., June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Employers are beginning to rely more on employees to stem the tide of rising health care costs, but the inability to motivate and change habits has prompted concern, according to Aon Hewitt, the global human resource consulting and outsourcing business of Aon Corporation (NYSE: AON). Aon Hewitt surveyed [...]
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Milwaukee, Wis., February 15, 2011—Assurant Health announced today that it will be offering a payment advocacy service to all its Assurant Health AccessSM customers who have more than $500 in out-of-pocket expenses related to their healthcare. This service is available through Assurant Health’s agreement with Health Payment Advocates (HPA), a healthcare financial advocacy firm, at [...]
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When Americans engage in health-smart habits such as participating in health coaching and disease management programs, substituting generic medications for brand name drugs and avoiding unnecessary trips to the emergency room, their total medical costs went down 15 percent — an average $358 per person in the first year — according to a new multi-year [...]
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Averde Health continues their rapid expansion across Florida with the addition of University of Florida Physicians and Shands HealthCare in Jacksonville and Gainesville to its provider network. UF Physicians includes more than 80 physician practices located throughout north central and northeast Florida staffed by UF faculty physicians. The Shands HealthCare system is comprised of two [...]
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Capital BlueCross continued its commitment to educating and engaging members about health care decision making by launching MyCare Advisor (SM), which is an online suite of transparency tools that assists people in understanding and comparing cost, quality and satisfaction among providers. More specifically, this enhancement to existing tools provides estimated total cost information for 57 [...]
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“When consumers are engaged in the imaging process, they make more informed decisions about their care, and this improves outcomes, affordability, and consumer satisfaction,” said Tina Blasi.
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CIGNA (NYSE: CI) has announced a new website for insurance brokers who sell health benefit plans to companies with 50 to 250 employees. The site features an industry-leading funding selection tool to help brokers determine which health plan funding option will best fit their clients’ needs. In addition, the site also offers the latest information [...]
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“Prevention activities can strengthen the nation’s healthcare infrastructure and reduce healthcare costs,” said Secretary Sebelius.
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Increasingly common insurance plans that encourage patients to receive care from physicians who keep medical costs lower are based on unreliable estimates of doctor performance and may not achieve the intended savings, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
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