Six steps to ensure new product success
The last few years have seen an enormous increase in innovation in the healthcare industry. Spurred by the Affordable Care Act’s new...
Creating stickiness with high-deductible health plans
The proliferation of high-deductible plans (HDHP) has created rising resentment in members who believe that insurers charge high premiums...
State of the Healthcare Industry
The state of the healthcare industry in 2014 can best be summed up by the graph below which illustrates the drop in the number of...
Six trends that will revolutionize healthcare by 2025
By 2025, the confluence of technological innovation, globalization, consumerism, major advances in clinical care, demographics and...
Catch me if you can…or… How to engage the right members
While it's clear that a very small portion of a health plan's membership represent a disproportionately high percentage of total medical...
Demystifying healthcare for members: 5 ways to bring clarity to the confusion
Probably the most common descriptor of healthcare today is confusion. New ACA requirements, employer changes to benefit plans, Medicaid...
Four easy – and one not so easy – opportunities for health plans to improve their bottom line
We're often asked for our thoughts on where health plans have the greatest opportunity to reduce their spend and/or increase revenue. ...
To plan or not to plan, that is the question 7 positive outcomes from THOUGHTFUL Planning
How does your company plan for the future? Do you have a weekly, monthly, annual, long-range or seat-of-your-pants plan? Do you measure...
Will Medicaid expansion bring a renaissance in care for the homeless?
Beginning January 1, childless adults will qualify for Medicaid in most states. Many of these individuals are currently homeless and...
All systems are a GO. Is it ready or will it blow?
The healthcare industry has never been a stranger to significant change. However, the next few years will sorely test the capabilities...
