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Nashville Technology Council Presentation

Light in the Darkness: How Information Will Create Transparency in Healthcare
Presentation Transcript
Miriam Paramore
SVP Strategy and Government Affairs at Emdeon
August 26, 2010
Presented at “The Naked Hospital – A Provocative Look at Healthcare” a Nashville Technology Council super roundtable event., Miriam Paramore of Emdeon, mentions change:healthcare in reference to cost transparency in the healthcare industry.
http://www.slideshare.net/nashtechcouncil/light-in-the-darkness-how-information-will-create-transparency-in-healthcare

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Transparency and Cost Reduction

I always appreciate words of wisdom from someone who has “been there, done that” and Christopher Parks recent guest post on Catalyst Healthcare Research blog – For the Record exemplifies his experience with and passion for healthcare.
In Healthcare Costs, Transparency and Feeling Vindicated Parks says, “… the lessons we’ve learned about transparency and healthcare are [...]

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change:healthcare in The New York Times

Bringing Comparison Shopping to the Doctor’s Office
New York Times: Claire Cain Miller
Published: June 10, 2010
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SAN FRANCISCO — Americans comparison-shop for items as small as groceries and as big as cars. But they rarely compare prices on their health care. When a doctor recommends a test or a procedure, most patients simply go [...]

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Shifting Healthcare Costs and Online Pricing Tools

Know your healthcare costs and save money

Great article from Jane Sorenson-Kahn pointing out that employers see “cost-sharing among employees as a top #1 cost-control strategy.” and that employers are “less satisfied [with] online comparison tools.” That’s a bad mix. No information on price AND you’re going to have to pay for it. Sounds like going to the auto-repair mechanic who [...]

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Ways to Save Money on Your Prescription Medications

Co-Founder and COO Robert Hendrick spent a few minutes with the local TV crew to share tips on how to save money on your prescriptions. Easy steps that can add up to huge savings. You’ll be surprised!
Thanks for all of the support, and for trusting us to help you make smarter healthcare decisions and save [...]

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100 Ways to Save Money on Healthcare

The LPN to RN Blog offers some great tips on how to lower your healthcare expenses.  100 tips to be exact, and some of them are really good advice.  Here are some of my highlights with my notes in italics.  For a complete list of 100 Ways You Can Lower Your Healthcare Costs visit their [...]

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Healthcare Answers in 140 Characters

Now, healthcare answers come in 140 characters or less. Which is a far cry from the nearly 2,000-page health reform bill the U.S. Congress has been proposing.
Starting today, consumers can simply tweet healthcare questions such as “what is diabetes” to @askch and it will return a short description and a link to more information. [...]

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Prescription Coupons – A Simple Way to Save Money!

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Who knew prescription coupons could save me $75?!  I didnt…
I was speaking to my doctor this morning about a new prescription she suggested I try.  It sounded like a great option for me. As she proceeded to enter the information into their e-prescribing system, she told me that this drug [...]

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Step in the right direction: HMS offers online bill pay tool for hospitals

HMS (Healthcare Managements Systems Inc.) announced August 7th (I know, I am a little behind) that they have an online bill payment tool available for hospitals.  This would allow them to send bills and statements electronically, as well as recieve online payments from patients.
Excepts from their announcement: “Our online bill pay product creates a particular [...]

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Reviewing your medical bills for errors!

Shannon Buggs at the Houston Chronicle has written a great piece “Close Look at Hospital Bills Saves Money” on taking a closer look at your hospital bills for errors.  Though there have been numerous pieces on this topic, this one in particular (find it here) has  some great tips included at the end. I have [...]

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