Keeping it LOCAL applied to healthcare!
A couple of years ago, the City of Amarillo experienced a slight dip in sales tax revenue, prompting our City, Chamber of Commerce, and Economic Development Corporation to launch a movement to inspire businesses, organizations and residents to buy local goods and services. That movement is called ...
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Health Insurance Hustle
Marshall Allen is one of the best, if not the best, healthcare reporter/journalist in the country. He currently writes for ProPublica, an independent and non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism for the public. ProPublica has won five Pulitzer prizes for its journalistic ...
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Texas Hospitals bill 260% more than Medicare allowable, on average….raises eyebrows with Employers who purchase insurance/benefits.
The latest RAND study on what hospitals are charging private health plans vs. what Medicare pays them for the same services is getting a lot of attention, and not in a good way. That is, if you're a hospital.We've been saying for several years that the gulf between what private plans are ...
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TESTIMONIAL: Moore County, TX
Recently, a County in the Texas Panhandle hired me to be their Consultant because we recommended strategies and solutions that made a significant impact in their community. For the first time in more than 15 years, Moore County was able to adopt a balanced budget because of the impact our solutions ...
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Marilyn Bartlett: Opportunities For Employer Health Plans | May 5, 2020 Summit
On May 5, 2020, we hosted a Summit and brought together some of the brightest minds in healthcare to discuss building high-performance health plans that lower costs, and improve the lives of people covered by them.In 2020, Marilyn Bartlett was named by Fortune as one of the World's 50 ...
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Local Government: The Vehicle for Systemic Change In Healthcare
I recently published a poll on LinkedIn, asking people from around the country to take a moment, discover what their City is spending on healthcare and employee benefits, calculate a 20% reduction, and then answer the poll question, which asked how much savings it would be in dollars. The results ...
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“Surely, you’re not serious?”…… “I am serious, and don’t call me Shirley”
Airplane! is still one of my favorite movies of all-time. The slapstick comedy makes me laugh every time I watch it. Sometimes I just need a little comic relief. This particular line from the movie always stands out to me though because it makes me think about a very common reaction I get when I ...
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