A Hospital That Leads World on Transparency By Leah Binder The Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle shows how disclosure can do so much to reduce errors and build trust with patients.
The Wellness Industry Pleads the Fifth By Al Lewis The author has repeatedly pointed out major problems with wellness claims but says the industry won't respond. Now, he's upping the ante.
New Confusion on ACA and Healthcare Reform By David Axene Customers are making choices, and insurers are in the middle of getting rates approved. The time for Congress to act is now.
How Health Rebates Affect Workers’ Comp By Kory Wells Even a rebate to employees of less than 1% of healthcare premiums may add up to thousands of dollars of workers' comp expense.
We Need to Put the 'P' Back in PPO By Daniel Miller Firms have been paying for phantom savings for decades because of poorly conceived networks of preferred physican organizations.
It's Time to Rethink WCMSA Legislation By Roy Franco Congress is unlikely to pass the industry's attempt at reforming Workers' Compensation Medicare Set Asides. Changes are needed.
The Myth of Lousy Healthcare in the U.S. By Sally Pipes Using the logic of those who claim that healthcare spending is out of control, the U.S. also faces a spending crisis on phones and pet care.
There Is No 'Free' Healthcare in U.S. By Dan Munro The argument that free care is dispensed through emergency rooms is flat-out false. The costs are simply rolled in elsewhere by the hospitals.
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.