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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BENCHMARKING: Seriously, WTH??
Raise your hand if you’ve ever witnessed, or been a participant in the following life event, or something similar:"Johnny, why did you rip holes in that brand new pair of jeans? ""Well dad, that’s how everyone else is wearing them….they did it first….""Son, if everyone ...
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Overcoming Misconceptions About Healthcare Benefits: Part 4
Albert Einstein knew that the quality of a solution was directly related to a person's ability to identify the problem they were trying to solve. He famously said, “If I had an hour to solve a problem I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and five minutes thinking about ...
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Overcoming Misconceptions About Healthcare Benefits: Part 3
Cost Reduction vs. Cost ShiftingI'm not quite sure that passengers were literally rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic as it sank in 1912, but the saying is often used to describe a futile action in the face of impending catastrophe. In other words, it means to do something that ...
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Overcoming Misconceptions About Health Benefits: Part 2
Let's continue on in this analysis, shall we? In Part 1, we discussed the very common misconceptions that "networks", namely PPO networks, reduce healthcare costs, and that 10% annual cost increases are "normal". Neither of which are true. Let's pick up where we left off.Similar to the ...
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Overcoming Misconceptions About Health Benefits: Part 1
Over this past weekend, I decided to dig in to the 2019/2020, 600 page budget for the City of Amarillo, and specifically focus on the health benefits and risk management portions of the budget. I wanted to see if there was anything in the budget language that would help me understand the thought ...
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