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C:H Ink in Ernie Clevenger’s Weekly Newsletter

In  covering cost transparency trends in the self-funded community, Ernie Clevenger mentions change:healthcare in his weekly newsletter MyHealthGuide Newsletter.
Read the full article here: http://www.myhealthguide.com/news.htm#change:healthcare

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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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Employees Are Left with the Bill

Not the Government. Not the Employer.
In compliance with new health reform laws, employers are re-evaluating their health care benefits. In order to stay profitable as health care costs accelerate, “…more of the nation’s biggest businesses are planning to hike premiums and cost-sharing measures on their employees next year.”
Prices for health care vary. Becoming smarter healthcare [...]

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Healthcare Costs, Transparency and Feeling Vindicated

Christopher Parks was the guest blogger on “For the Record” by Dan Prince, President of Catalyst Healthcare Research. Read his entry “Healthcare Costs, Transparency and Feeling Vindicated.“
http://www.catalysthealthcareresearch.com/learning-center/for-the-record/2010/08/17/healthcare-costs-transparency-and-feeling-vindicated/

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Christopher Parks Receives “Innovator Award”

CHANGE:HEALTHCARE CEO TO RECEIVE “INNOVATOR AWARD”
FOR WORK IN CONSUMER DIRECTED HEALTHCARE (CDHC) AND BENEFITS INDUSTRIES

NASHVILLE, Tenn., (August 9, 2010) – The Chief Executive Officer of Nashville-based cost transparency company change:healthcare, Christopher Parks, has been picked to receive an “Innovator Award” from national health and benefits magazine CDHC Solutions.
The accolade is part of the magazine’s [...]

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New Address

We have moved just down the street into a new office space in Maryland Farms business park in Brentwood, TN. Please take note of our new address:
change:healthcare
12 cadillac drive, suite 240
brentwood, tn 37027
800-655-0732
615-523-1255
info@changehealthcare.com

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You CAN Negotiate

Kaiser Health News, in collaboration with the Los Angeles Times, recently wrote a brief piece on a cost-saving service change:healthcare has been encouraging consumers to do all along: negotiate the price of service with your doctor’s office, especially if you can’t afford the amount they’re billing you for. The article advises taking the following steps:

Understand [...]

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NEW STUDIES CONFIRM CHANGE:HEALTHCARE’S FOCUS ON TRANSPARENCY AS WAY TO REDUCE HEALTHCARE COSTS

Consumers seek more healthcare cost information to make prudent, cost-effective purchases
BRENTWOOD, Tenn., (July 29, 2010) – With healthcare spending expected to increase dramatically over the next decade, two recent studies by the Society of Actuaries confirm what healthcare technology company change:healthcare has been saying all along. Transparency would be a boon to helping patients and [...]

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Founder Christopher Parks: Helps to Shape a Greater Nashville

Christopher Parks, Co-founder & CEO of change:healthcare, lends his expertise in healthcare economics at the upcoming “Shaping A Greater Nashville” discussion on August 12, 2010. Other panelists include Doug Brandon, Managing Principal, Cassidy Turley; Rob McNeilly, President & CEO, SunTrust Bank; David Penn, Associate Professor – Economics, MTSU
August 12th
Hermitage Hotel!
Registration begins at 3:30 p.m. with [...]

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Hope for “High-Risk” Patients

With the Obama administration’s proposed changes to healthcare, individuals with chronic or pre-existing conditions, or “high-risk patients,” will be able to find coverage by joining insurance pools of other high-risk patients. The policies are designed to keep deductibles and co-pays low, and to bring premiums to the standard rates for healthy adults in the area. [...]

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