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A New Top Ten Tune

September 9, 2010 – 2:57 pm

While  always considered a bit of a prophet, even singer Bob Dylan would never have predicted that  healthcare spending in the U.S. would hit  an astounding $1.4 trillion. On a more personal level, even more shocking news is that the per person cost last year was a whopping $8,160, which includes plan costs being passed on to employees, as noted in [...]

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Couldn’t Have Said it Better: A New Way to Tackle Businesses’ Largest Costs

April 1, 2010 – 2:17 pm

Brian Klepper, an analyst and consultant to the healthcare industry, yesterday published an article called Really Managing Care and Costs on the Health Care Blog which really hits the nail on the head. Brian understands the Healthcare Performance Management language and its underlying benefits. Healthcare Performance Management (HPM) is based on the principle that unless [...]

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Timely Perspective from Healthcare Interactive’s President

March 25, 2010 – 4:55 pm

Congratulations to Henry Cha, President of Healthcare Interactive, who delivered timely remarks at the Galen Institute conference, Intelligent Health, about how companies can cut healthcare costs without government action. Cha spoke about electronic health records and Web 2.0 technology, focusing on the new  healthcare performance management business model that incorporates social networking concepts to better [...]

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Who Has Control of Your Company’s Healthcare Expense?

November 25, 2009 – 3:28 pm

It’s open-enrollment time, which for many businesses mean an annual letter informing you that insurance premiums will go up 15% or more in 2010. The letter is quickly followed by lament and panic as you try to find a balance between what the business can afford and what will have to be deferred to employees. [...]

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Healthcare Data and Wellness Strategies – Cost Effective and Scalable

November 5, 2009 – 2:44 pm

DailyFinance reports that IBM has announced that as most companies are cutting back on healthcare benefits, they are doing the opposite and making moves to pick up the full tab. At the core of IBM’s ability to make this decision is its employee wellness program. The story cites: “‘There is evidence that attention to employee wellness [...]

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