

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...


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...

The Biggest Change Coming in Healthcare…“Have it Your Way”
Lately, a considerable amount of our time is being spent helping our clients imagine the future that their companies face and then...


10 Ways to Maximize Opportunities As a Result of Healthcare Reform
By now you, along with every other healthcare executive, have read through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and are trying...


Are you getting value from your disease management/care management program?
Given that a very small percentage of members within any health plan generate a disproportionately high percentage of the total health...

Are you ready for the next step? Medicaid long-term care
An enormous movement in Medicaid managed care is quietly taking place. The chances are your company is not prepared for this shift, even...


The best defense AND a strong offense - Think like a publicly-traded company
We received a number of responses to our March DeltaSigma Insight on the aggressive positioning by publicly-traded Medicaid and Medicare...


Medicaid Competitor Alert - Aggressive positioning by for-profit Medicaid plans
In an apparent effort to be well positioned in advance of a new, more Medicaid and uninsured-friendly administration, we have seen...