A Better Way to Diagnose Back Pain By MaryRose Reaston Frank Tomecek Tools commonly used in workers' comp, including MRIs, can be overly sensitive and lead to overtreatment.
Are Obamacare Wellness Programs Soon to Be Outlawed? By Al Lewis The EEOC filed a suit that could end workplace programs and expose brokers and vendors to similar lawsuits.
Stand Up for Robin Williams. . . By Sally Spencer-Thomas . . . and Stand Up to suicide. Every suicide death is preventable; not another person should die in desperation and alone.
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.
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.