While the spring HR-related conferences showed there's still a heavy employer focus on the Affordable Care Act and employee health, companies are starting to bridge the gap that’s existed between mental and physical -- and even financial – health.
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The new CMP-HC subspecialty credential, Obamacare's Open Payments requirements, and other hot topics from the Global Pharmaceutical and Medical Meetings Summit.
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An HHS proposal designed to ensure uniformity in how healthcare providers and payers handle patient data has created a new division among the two groups. Insurance companies are objecting to the plan while hospitals and physicians are supporting it. The proposal would cost insurers between $25...
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National Harbor, MD April 7-9, 2014 – HealthFair supported the 11th Annual World Health Care Congress by providing over $12,000 in free health screenings. One of the 40 foot mobile health screening units was onsite to provide free health screenings to the healthcare executives attending the congress.
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As consumers gain more power over their choice of health care plans, companies must reach their existing and potential customers in new and innovative ways.
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10 April 2014
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Becker's Hospital Review - The Daily Beat Blog
Employers have been largely responsible for the healthcare coverage of Americans since World War II, when employers starting paying for healthcare coverage as a means of supplementing workers beyond wage limits.
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I had the pleasure of attending both the Health and Benefits Leadership Conference and the World Health Care Congress recently. I've heard some inspiring things, connected with true thought leaders and learned a lot. I'll share some of the things here that I keep turning over again and again in my mind.
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According to Paris-based Teleperformance’s CX Lab, which recently examined how U.S. healthcare payers-entities other than the patient that finance or reimburse the cost of health services such as insurance carriers, other third-party payers, or health plan sponsors (employers or unions)-are addressing their members’ needs, healthcare payers have an opportunity to expand communications to additional channels sometimes preferred by their members.
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Capital BlueCross Chief Marketing Officer Donna K. Lencki will discuss the power of the consumer in shaping today's health care industry during a panel on April 7 at the 11th annual World Health Care Congress Health Plan and Payer Summit in National Harbor, Maryland. "Joining Lencki will be Paul Nutting, divisional vice president, Customer Experience, Health...
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President and CEO Daniel J. Hilferty joined national industry leaders today at the 11th Annual World Health Care Congress, which runs from April 7-9, for a keynote panel discussion on health care partnerships and collaborations. Hilferty discussed Independence’s past, present, and future innovative collaborations and partnerships at the event held at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.
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This week, more than seven million newly insured Americans enrolled in health insurance, while at the same time the growth in healthcare spending in the U.S. reached a 10-year high.
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Capital BlueCross Chief Marketing Officer Donna K. Lencki will discuss the power of the consumer in shaping today's health care industry during a panel on April 7 at the 11th annual World Health Care Congress Health Plan and Payer Summit in National Harbor, MD.
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