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Insurance

Healthcare – Potentially the Next Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis?

Kudos to the Nashville Business Journal Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Susan Dentzer for her insightful comments on many issues surrounding healthcare at the recent Nashville Healthcare Council gathering.
The attention grabbing headline of her corresponding article about the potential for healthcare to be the next sub-prime mortgage crisis rings true though I’m not sure it can [...]

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Balance Billing

So it would appear that I’m not the only one less than thrilled about the balance billing practices of some hospitals:
Here’s what the WSJ had to say.

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Mass. State Health Plan… Success or Failure?

Tomorrow marks the one year anniversary of the Mass State Health Plan deadline requiring most individuals to carry health insurance. Though the insurance law has been praised by some and criticized by others, Drew Altman president of the Kaiser Family Foundation believes the law falls somewhere in the middle.
So what’s the main problem, and [...]

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Happy Birthday Mass. and Welcome to Reality

So the Mass. attempt at “socialized” healthcare turned one year old today. CONGRATS!
Our resident Bostonians on staff @ change:healthcare, George and Vic, must be so proud. Oh wait, they’ve already fled the state to be here.
Nevertheless the plan seems to be working well according to Julie Appleby of USAToday – residents are getting better coverage…and [...]

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change:healthcare meets up with Cover America

The best thing about this job is that we get to meet some really great people. Today we met some outstanding folks who are going to make a difference.
Cover America made a stop right here in Nashville today and a few of the change:healthcare team had a chance to catch up with them. The cross [...]

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10 Ways Government CAN Help Healthcare

Let’s be emphatic. Government will not help the country’s healthcare crisis in the least by nationalizing healthcare. However, there are some things they CAN do that will probably ease our pain.

1. Repeal HIPAA

Let’s start with a big one right off of the bat. HIPAA regulations guarantee privacy of medical information. That’s a good [...]

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Making Smarter Healthcare Consumers

Got some nice ink today from our friends over at The Tennessean in the Healthcare section. Thanks to Getahn Ward there.
And double congrats to our friends at Data Advantage who got some in the same article. They have a nice new web site, too.
Be sure to check out what Data Advantage is doing with their [...]

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Socialized Healthcare – It’s Already Here

I guess I’m a little confused with all of this concern over socialized healthcare. Seems like we’ve already got it . So what’s the big fuss?
Insurance = Socialism
Insurance is based on the concept of socialism.  Assemble a group and they all contribute to the group for the better of the whole to protect the individual. [...]

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Is your company entitled to part of your settlement?

So it turns out that I have been living under a rock the past week and did not hear about the Walmart vs. Shank story until yesterday when Walmart reversed its position. For those of you who have been living under a rock as well, here is a recap:
Ms. Shank signed up for [...]

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Blue Cross Blue Shield TN Delays Doc Info

I must applaud Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee for delaying the release of their doctor info. In doing research for the dCard standard, I personally witnessed the large discrepancies between different sources for physician information – BCBS of TN being one of them. I also applaud the doctors for paying attention to [...]

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