A City Gone Politically Tone-Deaf
In early November, the citizens of Amarillo voted down, once again, Proposition A, which would have raised property tax rates by historical amounts. That marked the second time the Amarillo voters denied attempts to significantly raise taxes. The revenues from this historic tax ...
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Show Me The Data: Using historic claims data to build better strategies
Imaging trying to fly an airplane cross-country without an instrument panel and no gauges. You wouldn’t dare put your life in that kind of jeopardy; not knowing how much fuel was in the tank, not knowing your altitude, not knowing your speed, not knowing your manifold pressure or engine ...
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Medical Debt: An Untold Truth
Unpaid medical bills have become the largest source of debt that Americans owe collection agencies. JAMA released a study earlier in the year that shows collection agencies are pursuing approximately $150 BILLION in unpaid medical debt. 140 Million Americans report having trouble paying a ...
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Courage: A Requisite For Change
Mark Twain once said that “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not the absence of fear.”Few things elicit fear as much as “Change”. Making a change requires risk, and risk is scary. Risk is scary because we’re afraid of failure, we’re afraid of ...
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Understanding Basic Concepts of Self-Funding
TransparencySelf-funding is the first step for employers who want to control health care costs. Gaining access to claims data arms the employer/plan with information necessary to manage costs. As Peter Drucker once said, “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve ...
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LOYAL TO A FAULT?
Somehow, a deep dichotomy has developed in the healthcare consulting/brokering world between those who rely mainly on relationships to keep and win business, and those who rely on delivering better results to win over new business.I find myself torn between these two schools of thought, ...
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How we helped Kevin save over $8,000 on two MRI’s
A few weeks ago, Kevin, a friend of mine, called me up and said his doctor had referred him to a facility and that he needed two MRIs of his mid and lower back prior to a procedure he was set to have done.Like most other people, he listened to his doctor, and he called the facility to ...
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