Why Healthcare Must Be Transparent Transparency is accelerating reductions in errors and accidents that kill or harm patients in hospitals, and much more is possible.
$2 Million Reward if Wellness Works! Does wellness save money? I say no. The industry says yes. The difference is that I'm backing up my claim by offering a $2 million reward.
What Trump Means for Health System “Repeal and replace” of the ACA may increase the number of uninsured, reduce healthcare revenues and expand the federal deficit.
What Trump Means for Healthcare Reform The result will be a complete disaster or some modest fixes that actually improve the ACA. Dramatic, but non-lethal, changes are unlikely.
What Trump Means for Workplace Wellness Finally, there is reason to hope that government support for intrusive and ineffective wellness programs will retreat in the new administration.
Rapid Diagnostics for Life Policies By Michael Curran In 25 minutes, testing in retail clinics and pharmacies can transmit results directly to carriers for immediate underwriting.
This Is Not Your Father's Life Insurance Here is a recipe for a digital system that bypasses legacy system quagmires and shifts life insurance sales into warp speed.
5 Apps That May Transform Healthcare By Daniel Miller A look back at the five finalists at last year's HITLAB competition shows great progress and potential.
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.
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.