January 2024 – Page 2 – Risk Managers

The Best Salesman In New York

By night, Joe Ades dines with his fourth wife at exclusive restaurants, sips Veuve Clicquot at the Pierre, and goes home to a three-bedroom Park Avenue apartment. By day, he is something else altogether. At 72, the “peeler guy” in the Turnbull & Asser shirts is a New York legend.

Aldeen’s Sunday Morning Bathroom Read

A Weekly Read By Doug Aldeen

Activist New York Governor, Kathy Hochul, has vowed to protect New Yorkers from medical debt, limit hospitals’ ability to sue patients and expand financial assistance programs as part of her 2024 State of the State.

Snake Killing Consultants vs Animal Rights Consultants

“I come from an environment where if you see a snake, you kill it. At GM, if you see a snake, the first thing you do is hire a snake consultant. Then you get a committee on snakes and discuss it for a couple of years.” – Ross Perot

Mark Cuban Opines

Cold Calling

Peter Rosengard sells the world’s largest insurance policy on a cold call

Cold calling was scary as hell when I first started as a 22 year old selling cleaner, more efficient homes. After a day’s training, I was taken to a residential street in a nearby city and told “Ok Bill, get out and start knocking on doors.”

Federal Bureaucrats Allow Florida To Import Canadian Drugs In Bulk

FDA allows Florida to import prescription drugs in bulk from Canada.

By Berkeley Lovelace Jr.

The new policy will allow Florida to buy prescription drugs in bulk. The drugs will be made available through state-run programs such as Medicaid.

Our TPA For This Month Is……

HR. DEPARTMENT: Our TPA is Gilsbar……………… I, I, I mean HealthComp. Opps I meant to say Virgin Plus!………Forgive me, I think I’m losing my mind, I’m so confused!

CEO: But didn’t Hank Say……………………

Hospital Accused of Negligence

Family To Sue Over ‘Wrongful Death’ of Eddie Bernice Johnson

Late former Texas congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson’s family intends to sue Baylor Scott & White for alleged “medical negligence” that led to her death.

The Physical & Mental Effects of The Atrocity of War

Pharmacies across the country are dealing with a flood of requests for medical and alternative sleep medications…..In the last three months, close to a hundred thousand distress calls were registered about a feeling of loneliness, depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts…………

Let’s Play Hospital Roulette!

“Our plan pays claims using Medicare as a benchmark plus a 50% bonus. In this instance that totals $1,350 for Joe Sixpak’s one hour emergency room visit” says the emaciated plan sponsor.

Yuzu Health – A Different Kind of TPA

Legacy TPA’s are slow to adapt to market changes and even slower investing in the latest technology whereas new, “upstart” TPA’s invest in the latest technology giving them a distinct advantage.

Mail Order Obesity Drugs

Eli Lilly launches website to get obesity drugs shipped directly to patients via telehealth

Attention Plan Sponsors! – Get Ready To Bend Over

Drugmakers to Hike Prices on 500 Drugs

Big pharma companies including Pfizer are planning to raise prices on more than 500 drugs this month, according to a recent Reuters report.

Group Captive Insurance

Group captive programs are a specialized form of health insurance that allows multiple employers to come together and collectively fund and manage their employee health benefits. It’s a win-win: companies gain more control over their health insurance costs and potentially save money by sharing the risks and rewards of their healthcare program.

Flight Insurance

Watch how Kingfisher, a sales representative for George Stevens Insurance Company, underwrites and sells a Flight Insurance policy in real time………….

Free Hospital Care In Rural Pecos County

Finding solutions to lower health care costs has never been easier for citizens of Pecos County, Texas. Most qualify for free hospital care provided by the only hospital in the county.

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