This is our problem: The cost of health care has spiked higher, but the quality of care is falling. Patients have no effective means of learning the price of care before using it, or of publicly reporting on quality of care in today’s patient-unfriendly health...
The IRS has released the Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution limits for 2022. This is good news, but it doesn’t tell the entire story. For calendar year 2022, individuals who own a qualified High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP),[1] will be able to deposit up to...
Has your company ever received a purchase order or had a client sign a contract without you having first revealing your price, or the rate you charge? Would anyone purchase “widgets” from your company without knowing the unit cost of each, shipping costs, or all...
Imagine that your car pulls up to an intersection and the light is red. As you wait for the green light you notice there is a primary care medical clinic on each of the four corners and you are new in town. You need to...
We all see that COVID-19 is affecting us in multiple ways. Every day, our media gives us cumulative COVID-19 test results – total cases and infections, number of hospitalized individuals and of course, deaths. COVID-19 weighs heavily on employers who are at the same time,...
Going forward, affordable health care benefits require increased price transparency, but more than price is needed. Also necessary are new group insurance strategies – like the BENIC plan....