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AIS's Health Business
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May
6, 2008
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"The
critics [of consumer-directed health plans] always
say the same thing, and they've been saying the same
thing for 17 years. They were wrong then, and they're
wrong now."
— Dan Perrin, executive director of the HSA Coalition,
told AIS's Inside Consumer-Directed Care, about
the argument that health savings accounts benefit
young, healthy people but don't help the poor uninsured.
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Up
to
$60,000
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…per
year is paid to board members of not-for-profit health
plans, according to a sampling of IRS Form 990s and
information gathered by AIS's Health Plan Week.
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Metavante
helps create a seamless consumer healthcare experience
by enabling healthcare constituents (health plans,
third party administrators, financial institutions,
providers) to exchange information and funds. Visit
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for a FREE report, "The Online Consumer Healthcare
Experience Revealed." Or call 1-800-822-6758
for more information.
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People
On the Move |
David
W. Fields will take over as president of HealthMarkets,
Inc. on June 1 after William J. Gedwed leaves
that post to become vice chairman of the insurer's board
of directors. Fields was CEO of WellPoint, Inc. subsidiary
UniCare Life and Health Insurance Company. |
Never-Event Payment Policies:
How Major Health Plans Are Getting Tough on Preventable
Hospital Errors
An Audioconference - May 13, 2008
Learn how to implement and enforce never-event payment
methods - from Aetna's chief medical director for national
accounts, medical director of Anthem Blue Cross Blue
Shield of Virginia, and The Leapfrog Group. Click
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Implementing
'Medical Homes' To Improve Patient Care and the Bottom
Line: Steps That Health Plans and Providers Should Take
An audioconference
May 21, 2008
Register
today
Senators
Rockefeller, Hatch and Wyden and Congressmen Stark,
Waxman and Camp to Speak at Health Reform Conference
July 10-11.
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MEDICARE AND MEDICAID FACTBOOK: 2008
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