This article was published on February 1, 2018 on National Public Radio, Inc, written by Marshall Allen. Photo Source: NPR, Inc. It's one of the intractable financial boondoggles of the U.S. health care system: Lots and lots of patients get lots and lots of tests and procedures that they don't need. Women still [...]
Paying more for less is never a good thing, especially when it comes to employee health care costs. And while many people have become almost numb to this trend, Diversified Group is doing more than ever to help self-funded health plan clients fight back. With cost transparency tools contained in programs such as Pharamasense and [...]
This article was published on January 15, 2018 on HealthLeaders Media, written by John Commins. Telemedicine has been a hot topic in healthcare for some time. And, while plenty of content has discussed its potential of added convenience and lower costs, plenty of other content has pointed out its low utilization. It’s true that most [...]
The article below was published on January 3, 2018 by DigitalDealer, written by Contributing Writer Steve Kelly. Photo Source: DigitalDealer We came across this article written by Steve Kelly, co-founder and CEO of ELAP Services. It discusses one common theme that all of us at Diversified Group hear more and more from not [...]
The trend to value-based medical treatment took a significant hit recently when the Trump administration cut the number of hospitals required to participate in the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model and canceled other bundled payment models slated to go into effect on January 1, 2018. HHS Secretary Tom Price has been a consistent critic [...]
The article below was published on December 20, 2017 by BenefitsPRO, written by David Hines. Photo Source: BenefitsPRO As we head into 2018, large employers are bracing for a 5 percent rise in the cost of providing employee health care benefits, according to the latest National Business Group on Health survey. In a [...]
This article appeared on Kaiser Family Foundation on September 19, 2017. Employer-sponsored insurance covers over half of the nonelderly population; approximately 151 million non-elderly people in total.1 To provide current information about employer-sponsored health benefits, the Kaiser Family Foundation (Kaiser) and the Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) conduct an annual survey of private and [...]
This article appeared on HartfordBusiness.com on December 18, 2017 from Brooks Goodison, President of Diversified Group. Connecticut health insurers recently announced their 2018 premiums. Employers won’t like them. Rates for some small business plans will rise more than 25 percent. That follows an average increase of 5 percent last year. Many Connecticut firms are understandably [...]
The article below was published on November 28, 2017 by Healthcare Finance, written by Jeff Lagasse. Despite growth of these plans, price shopping, cost discussions with doctors are rarely happening, researchers find. Photo Source: Healthcare Finance Though more Americans are paying thousands in deductibles before the insurance coverage kicks in, a new study [...]
The article below was published on December 12, 2017 by BenefitsPRO, written by Sarah Jane Tribble. Photo source: BenefitsPro The nation’s most influential science advisory group will tell Congress today that the U.S. pharmaceutical market is not sustainable and needs to change. “Drugs that are not affordable are of little value and drugs that [...]
