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CHAPEL HILL – The state’s leading health insurer and the state’s health care system will collaborate to develop a completely new type of medical practice in which patients – not just their symptoms – are the focus of care. This advanced medical practice will extend beyond what is currently called the ‘medical home’ and will [...]
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A group of hospital officials in Pennsylvania came out this week with statements saying that consumer-driven health plans are making people sicker, not healthier, and hurting the financial health of hospitals. According to a news story that originally appeared in The Patriot-News, Carolyn F. Scanlan, the president and CEO of the Hospital and Healthsystem Association [...]
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Later this afternoon I will be making my way to Phoenix for the annual Visa Prepaid Forum. This is the event hosted yearly by the people at Visa who work to bring us those stored value cards like the gift cards that look and operate pretty much like a bank debit card. The Forum will [...]
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It is great to see another study that confirms that market forces combined with transparency in pricing and quality measures can produce lower prices and better quality — just as they have in every other industry where they have been applied. On Tuesday, HealthPartners, the largest consumer-governed, nonprofit health care organization in the nation confirmed [...]
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