Busy Jill – She Had 18 Children In Less Than 10 Years
Not too many plan sponsors have ever conducted health plan dependent eligibility audits leaving them at risk of stop loss claim denials. If Little Johnny is the covered employee’s nephew, with the same last name, has a stop loss claim you can rest assured the stop loss carrier will determine they are not at risk leaving the plan sponsor eating the entire claim……………A ticking time bomb waiting to happen…………….
“First Financial has engaged key partners in our market to provide access to the best and most immediate solutions available to Texas schools.”
Twin brothers invented Opopira, considered a miracle drug back in the day, a pasty mass consisting of a drug mixed with sugar and water or honey suitable for oral administration. This complex compound drug was used to treat diverse maladies including paralysis.
“When the patient gets the bill, it looks like the insurer haggled on their behalf. Yet the final charge is still much higher than it should have been. The patient loses, while the insurer and provider win.” – Nikki Haley
Trolling the internet on Chinese Flu quarantine day # 267 (and counting) we came across a website touting “Free Rx.” As we suspected, it was just another third party intermediary offering to assist consumers in applying for Rx manufacturer assistance programs. For a fee of course.
We will fight for personalized, affordable health care that puts YOU in control, not a government takeover that puts a bureaucrat in control.
What are the statistics for TRS plan year 2020-2021? How many employees have moved over to heretofore illegal, competing commercial health plans and away from the state sponsored TRS ActiveCare government plan? What is the financial impact?
Single payer system by 2028? Will Republicans embrace Obama Care as the better of two evils? Will whatever the Supreme Court decides have little effect on political realities?
After talking with The Tyler (Grow Some Balls) Rose, Charlie was convinced he could achieve his goal of creating a better health plan — one his 150 employees deserved……………
I’ve been hard at work on something I’m very proud of: a roadmap for communities, large and small, to restore hope, health and well-being.
Beginning an initial dialog with “How much will you charge us” is never a good indication things will go well with your chances of gaining a new client as long as pricing is the driving consideration.
Angie Stewart – Friday, January 10th, 2020
Eye and gastroenterology procedures are some of the most common services proliferated in ASCs, according to a March 2019 report by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.
Murray was a most amazing character and ended up selling me life insurance….. at 27 years old!
The future of healthcare will be decided via the ballot box, court rooms, and congressional halls.
Austin Startup Sana Benefits Raises $20.8M to Provides Self-funded Health Insurance to Small Businesses
Austin-based health insurance startup Decent has raised $10 million as it looks to expand statewide.
For Fairly, the real story – and challenge– is not about insurance markets; rather it is about risk management.
With Bind, costs and choices are transparent and easy to compare. There is no deductible or coinsurance to meet before the plan starts contributing, and members can change and shape their coverage as their health needs change.
If you had a group of employees traveling on a business trip and you told them they’d only need to pay a $100 contribution toward the hotel room, what’s to stop them from choosing a Ritz Carlton over a Days Inn? Both provide a decent night’s sleep, but one will cost you, the employer, a significant amount more.
This is what manufacturing firms are doing now with their benefit plans
“Our discounts are the best!” says a BUCA rep. “No, ours is!” responds a competitor.
“Holy Smoke guys, we’ve singled out our cheapest providers, much cheaper than all the others, 20% cheaper! We call it the I-35 Performance Network.” says the Aetna rep.
“That’s weird” says the RBP broker. “Why pay providers differently unless there is a difference?”
“I Was Raised To Pay My Debts On Time…………..”
Members of the 50% Club subscribe to the Upside Down Economics of Health Care. They understand those who pay on time are screwing themselves and those that don’t are rewarded…………….
Each time I see a Request for Proposals put out by insurance consultants requiring a PPO Re-Pricing Exercise in an effort to determine which network has the best discounts the temptation to reach out to Jose Cuervo is tough to ignore.
