From the category archives:

Behind the Curtain

Finding Folks for change:

Hiring at change:healthcare!

Right now at change:healthcare, we are looking to fill some key positions, and we really like referrals. That’s how we hired every member of our team and we’ve gotten fantastic results. We have a team of rockstars (some of them truly rockstars, right Michael?). Not only that, we’re pretty quick when it comes to hiring. [...]

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NPR Interviews change:healthcare About New Cost Savings Twitter Service

In a phone call from the NPR affiliate in Nashville, Host & News Reporter Nina Cardona talked with change:healthcare Product Manager Chris McIntyre about a newly released service that lets people find the cost of a prescription by asking Twitter. The result… a segment on the Morning Edition radio show this morning!
The Morning Edition with [...]

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Use Twitter to Act on Healthcare Reform, Not Just Talk About It

Just got finished trying out the White House twitter site that allows tweeple to pop off a pre-formatted mantra in favor of healthcare reform. It’s a neat bit of technology – cool in many ways. But it’s an agenda pusher.
It’s all talk and NO action.
Now compare that with the recently-launched Twitter app from change:healthcare. It [...]

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Launched! New change:healthcare design and interface… Part 1 of many!

After long awaited anticipation, change:healthcare has launched a new user interface!  And we are really excited about it! This design is representative of our new approach to saving money on healthcare and helping people make smarter decisions.
Our new interface is intended to make our application simpler and easy to use and understand!!  Yep, that’s right… [...]

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Sniff, sniff… getting ready to move to bigger digs

Well, yeah I’m getting a little sentimental – but hey!! The Chondo (aka the change:healthcare condo) holds a lot of memories for me as we embarked on trying to change healthcare for the better for patients and consumers. So now that we are in the 4th of July weekend, come next week I’ll be resurfacing [...]

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change:healthcare is Looking for Summer Interns!

change:healthcare inc. is seeking a motivated individual looking to gain experience in the fast paced internet-based healthcare technology industry. Tasks for this position would range from assisting with health industry research to evaluating current and competitive products. Assist in coordinating implementation, facilitate/create new marketing campaigns, and participate in the product development process.
Distinguishing Characteristics:
Applicants should possess [...]

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Wisdom Beyond Years

I’m privileged to be part of the change:healthcare team. It’s been almost 8 months since I started and a day has yet to go by that I’ve not learned something new from this dynamic team. I think very highly of the group … and because I know she won’t call attention to herself, I just [...]

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Blind Faith in Your Insurer – Not a Good Idea

I have learned not to put complete blind faith in my Insurer. I do NOT blindly pay outstanding balances from providers and assume that my Insurer processed the claim properly, and neither should you as this story will show. Even though I’m a pretty savvy healthcare consumer (this IS what I do for a living [...]

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Recent Updates on change:healthcare

Redesigned user home page

We have redesigned the user home page to more quickly provide you the information  you need as a healthcare consumer. You can now easily view and switch between recent activity on items you have added on change:healthcare, your connections’ actvitiy, and an overview of your own information. Find out more about the [...]

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How do you know where to turn for help with healthcare costs?

An individual in our office (their name shall remain anonymous) received a letter from a gentlemen who used to perform “blue collar” work (spraying for pests) on their house and property. The letter was a plea for “some kind of donation,” help may be a better word, because his heart condition has recently rendered him [...]

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