| | | Optimize the effectiveness of health and wellness offerings
August 2010
For any savvy health insurer that expects to remain competitive in the increasingly challenging industry, health and wellness programs are no longer novel. Rather, the offerings of a health and wellness program have evolved into an imperative way to engage current and potential customers, as well as positively affect an organization's bottom line. | | Disease management changes course to improve its outcomes
August 2010
When disease management began, it just entailed a series of programs with a singular focus. Whether you had asthma, coronary artery disease, heart failure, diabetes or COPD, disease management programs managed only one chronic illness at a time. | | Value models require technology changes
July 2010
One approach to aligning cost/quality outcomes is Value-Based Benefit Design which is designed to lower out-of-pocket costs for high-value services while providing greater quality of life for members | | Data-driven analytics uncover hidden drains on revenue
April 2010
Recent experience points to specific areas where waste may be embedded inadvertently in routine processes. Once discovered, some have relatively easy fixes. | | Take steps to prepare for insurance exchanges
March 2010
Insurance exchanges will not exist in a vacuum; they will touch every part of the healthcare system and require substantial changes to the way payers do business. | | Work/life programs can assist caregivers
March 2010
As the baby boom generation ages, more and more employees are taking on a second job as caregivers to elderly parents or chronically ill relatives. | |
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