Big Misunderstanding on MSAs By John Cattie The Medicare Set-Aside issue should be front and center for all parties resolving liability insurance claims, not just in workers' comp.
Healthcare Firms on Hit List for Fines By Byron Acohido As more records are kept online and more breaches occur, federal authorities are stepping up enforcement for violations of privacy rules.
3 Trillion Reasons Against Change By Dave Chase With 3 trillion reasons ($$) to protect the status quo, it should be no surprise that employing frontal assault on healthcare would be laughably ineffective.
A Caribbean Hospital: Healthcare's Solution? By Brian Klepper The ability to deliver low cost and high quality is rooted in a relentless drive to rethink and execute pragmatic approaches.
7 Reasons Why Health Premiums Are So High By John Hawthorne Wait, you mean that when the insurance companies and the government teamed up for Obamacare, they actually made some mistakes?
Can Apps Manage Mental Health? By Ross Campbell Smartphone apps are perfect for, say, detecting depression by watching for a fall in exercise and movement and fewer social interactions.
How Many Steps Mean Longer Life? By Ross Campbell Recent evidence suggests activity tracking brings no immediate measurable health benefit, but this misses the point -- and an opportunity.
Hard Lessons on Protecting Health Data By Cynthia Marcotte Stamer A recent settlement highlights compliance weaknesses existing in the operations of many HIPAA covered entities and business associates.
The Promise of Continuous Underwriting By Bill Deemer Bobby Touran Typically, a risk is underwritten, bound... and forgotten. But new streams of data and automation allow for continuous underwriting.
Convergence and the Insurance Ecosystem By Stephen Applebaum Alan Demers Companies must anticipate the future, innovate beyond their core and transform their capabilities as rapidly as technology allows.
Lemonade's 'Synthetic Agent' Nonsense By Matteo Carbone Desperate for growth, Lemonade produces another howler: A lender receiving a 16% interest rate is presented as a (synthetic) agent.
Auto Insurance in an Existential Crisis By Stephen Applebaum Alan Demers The 125-year-old, $300 billion U.S. auto insurance industry is caught between runaway inflation and strained consumer wallets.