“Marpai management is smart! Screw earning a lousy $18-25 pepm off claims administration. They are going after the Motherload…….the lucrative world drug dealers” – Molly Mulebriar
Continue reading Marpai – Going Where The Real Money Is…………
SOURCE: ETHOS
Ethos is a technology company. Our technology makes it easier than ever for everyone to protect their families with life insurance. We’re taking something traditionally founded on exhausting processes and paperwork and infusing it with the insurance industry’s most advanced proprietary technology, developing instant and accessible products. We issue billions in coverage each month and invaluable amounts of peace of mind every day.
Continue reading Ethos – Making Life Insurance Easier
A few years ago, Dr. Keith Smith needed a new roof. His insurance company wouldn’t cover the hail damage, so he did something most of us rarely get to do: he asked for real prices with no insurance in the picture.
Continue reading Keith Needed A New Roof
Why are so many brokers selling off their Allstate agency franchises? Why are more insurance agents selling their agencies? Why are some of the biggest brokerages downsizing? Do they know something we don’t know?
Does AI have anything to do with it? You can buy auto and home owners insurance with a click of a button these days, Meet George, your new insurance broker.
The growing popularity of fat jabs is expected to increase Britain’s divorce rates as slimmed-down partners look for new love, health experts have said.
Continue reading GLP-1 Drugs Unleash Divorce Boom
By Mark Flores – Executive Vice President and Co-Founder at AVYM Corporation
April 6, 2026
From Hidden QPAs to TPA Failures in Arbitration: self‑insured employer plans are paying for a system they cannot see, and carrying the liability for a system designed to protect insurers, not employers
Continue reading The NSA Was Built on Insurer Math—Now Employers Are Paying the Price
“I’ll make you an offer you can’t refuse…………!”
By Bill Rusteberg
There are areas in Texas where hospitals have circled the wagons against Reference Based Pricing infidels. “We ain’t gonna see you unless you have an emergency!” snarls the local hospital intake clerk. “Go somewhere else to die!”
Continue reading Hospital Owned Health Insurance Brokers Beat Back The Infidels
By Dave Chase
What sets them apart is infrastructure.
Here’s a clear example. A Health Rosetta, a Public Benefit Corporation Advisor walks into a new employer meeting with a compliance diagnostic that uncovers regulatory gaps in about 15 minutes. In that first conversation, they typically surface three missed items such gag clause attestations, compensation disclosures, & incomplete Form 5500 filings. Before any strategy talk begins, they’ve already shown what fiduciary guide looks like in action.
Continue reading There are many benefits advisors. Only a few practice as true fiduciaries.
Apr. 6, 2026, 11:00 AM
NEW YORK, April 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Yuzu Health, a next-generation third-party administrator (TPA) that serves as the infrastructure behind health insurance plans, today announced a $35 million Series A round, bringing total capital raised to $40 million. The round was led by General Catalyst and Chemistry, with participation from Anthropic’s Anthology Fund, Bain Future Back Ventures, Timeless Ventures, Lachy Groom, and Neo. Alex Tran, Managing Director at General Catalyst, will also join Yuzu Health’s board of directors.
Continue reading Yuzu Health Raises $35 Million Series A to Modernize Health Insurance Plan Infrastructure
The following article was written several years ago. I was reminded of it this morning as I contemplate a reenactment.
By Bill Rusteberg
One of the hardest things a consultant can do is fire a client. Today we did just that. It wasn’t an easy decision. This is a client we’ve served for many years, earning deep friendships within the organization that will endure.
Continue reading Today We Fired A Client
“Hey, you know, it’s raining babies up here. So, if you want to come in, we would love to have you…………..”
Continue reading It’s Raining Babies In Waco!
The carrier gangsters have spent decades making sure you can’t leave. Here’s how that ends.
Continue reading I Have a Dream… of a Post-Network World
Austin Resolutions has been negotiating savings on medical bills since 1994. Our service lines include Group Health, Workers’ Compensation, Medicare Exhaust, Auto Liability, Marine, Transplant, Catastrophic Care, and International Travel plan options.
Continue reading Texas Company Provides Healthcare Settlement Solutions
Term life insurance provides great coverage and affordability, see which of our top-rated picks best fits your needs.
Continue reading Best Term Life Insurance Companies of April 2026
SOURCE: Payerset
Drill from market-level views into the exact dollar amount negotiated between any payer and provider — for any billing code, any plan.
Continue reading Every Payer. Every Provider. Every Negotiated Rate.
“The traditional hospital model is breaking. Even HCA — the fee-for-service king — is targeting 20:1 outpatient access points per hospital. Ascension sold 35+ hospitals, bought AmSurg for $4B, and is targeting 20% EBITDA margins. Emerging strategy = fewer hospitals, more density, ambulatory-first.”
Continue reading Where Healthcare Is Headed
MyHealthGuide Source: Mending via PRNewswire (full article), 3/31/2026
Excerpts
NEW YORK — Mending announced the launch of Mending Access, a new platform that enables third-party administrators (TPAs) and self-funded employers to offer Direct Primary Care (DPC) as a fully integrated health plan benefit. Since launching in January 2026, Mending Access has already expanded DPC access to more than 100,000 covered lives across employer-sponsored health plans.
Continue reading Mending Launches Mending Access, Bringing Integrated Direct Primary Care to TPAs and Self-Funded Employers
The Unheralded Pandemic: Death-by-Queue
Though more Americans are insured, wait times for medical care are so long that people die waiting for technically possible medical care unavailable in time to save them.
Continue reading Death By Queue
But here’s the thing… a lot of people are overpaying and don’t even realize it.
Continue reading Car Insurance Isn’t Exactly Getting Cheaper Right Now
TAMPA, Fla., April 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Marpai, Inc. (“Marpai” or the “Company”) (OTCQX: MRAI), a leader in innovative healthcare technology, Third-Party Administration (TPA), and Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) services, today announced the execution of what the Company believes is its largest to date definitive marketing agreement with a leading healthcare solutions provider. This strategic collaboration is designed to scale the reach of MarpaiRx, Marpai’s pharmacy benefit management (PBM) services, across a vast network of self-insured employer groups and third-party administrators.
Continue reading Marpai, Inc. Secures Major Strategic Marketing Collaboration to Continue Acceleration of MarpaiRx Growth Nationwide
HIPP is the Texas Medicaid program that helps families pay for employer-sponsored health insurance premiums. It is for families with at least 1 person who gets Medicaid.
Continue reading Health Insurance Premium Payment (HIPP) Program
Solving Health Care One Client At A Time
Our healthcare consulting business is built on fearless patient advocacy, efficiency, and attention to detail. So when we couldn’t find a Third-Party Administrator (TPA) that consistently met our high standards of care, we took action.
Continue reading When We Couldn’t Find A TPA We Liked We Started One
April 2, 2026 – SOURCE: U.S. Drought Monitor
Orange Grove, Texas: The Evangeline/Goliad Sands Aquifer, the community’s primary source of water, dropped 17 feet a few days after Corpus Christi started drawing water from the aquifer last month. The increased usage has also elevated the concentration of particulates in the water.
Continue reading Corpus Christi Drains Aquifer Faster Than A Melting Raspa On An August Afternoon
Amazon Announces Launch of “Amazon Health Benefits,” Bringing a Unified Healthcare Marketplace to Employees and Employers by 2027
Continue reading Amazon Redefines Benefits: Move to ICHRA
