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 Buy The Way: Keep It ...
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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 work.Marshall began a ...
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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 paying providers ...
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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 had on the County's ...
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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 Greatest Leaders for her ...
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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 were ...
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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 speak to prospective ...
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