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Choice In Health Care? A Hassle Worth The Effort
Asking questions about care is a hassle, an inconvenience, and sometimes a frustrating battle against a system unfamiliar with sharing information or control.
Can Employers Ever Monitor Employees’ Personal Social Media?
A carefully planned and well written social media policy that outlines the organization's goals and expectations of employees' use of personal social media can help ensure compliance with the new rules and prevent costly disputes with employees.
5-Year Analysis Of Pharmacy Burglary And Robbery Experience
Pharmacy crime involves every part of the distribution chain from manufacture through wholesale, retail, and ultimately to the end user. Pharmacists have been victims of deceptive practices, prescription fraud, employee diversion, burglaries and robberies.
Tackling Underwriting Profitability Head On
Expecting underwriters to take on today's challenges using yesterday's tools and yesterday's approach to pricing is no longer sustainable.
An Inside Perspective On Automobile Insurance Fraud, Part 2
The fight against insurance fraud may be a never-ending war, but there are still skirmishes to be won.
An Inside Perspective On Automobile Insurance Fraud, Part 1
Why it's so easy to steal from insurance companies – and what to do about it. Insights from a presentation by a fraud investigator and a fraud ring mastermind.
The Value Game™: A New Class Of Business Methods For The Condominium Reconstruction Market
The Value Game is a new class of business methods that alters the incentive structure of a distorted market such that everyone acting in their own best interest is in fact acting in the best interest of the community.
Outlook For The Private Directors & Officers Marketplace
We've had a sustained period of underpricing in the private Directors & Officers/Employment Practices Liability area as insurers compete for market share. With the loss frequency where it is and expenses rising, it is indeed time to reevaluate.
Even More Tips For Building A Workers Compensation Medical Provider “A” Team
When behaviors of doctors are analyzed using clean, integrated data, the well-informed and well-intentioned in Workers' Comp will rise to the surface.
Bending The Pentagon’s Medical Costs Curve
Because Tricare does not offer health savings accounts or similar plans, it is missing out on the savings that the Defense Department so desperately needs.

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Today's Featured Expert: Wendy Lynch

Wendy Lynch

Dr. Wendy Lynch is the Co-Director of the Center for Consumer Choice in Health Care at the Altarum Institute. She serves as Co-Director of the Center for Consumer Choice in Health Care at the Altarum Institute and runs her own consulting firm. She also holds an adjunct position of Associate Professor at IUPUI in Indianapolis.