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Making the Case for an ObesityCare Management Program
increased nearly fivefold from about one indi- vidual in 2000 to one in 400 from 1986 to 2000.9 Moreover, the ... 5.7 percent or an estimated $93 billion of total U.S. health expenditures.14 Sturm has reported that obesity ...- Authors: Karen A. Fitzner, Ronald O'Shea Gamble, Elizabeth Heckinger
- Date: May 2006
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Health & Disability>Health care
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Our Value-Based Cup Runneth Over
Honestly, we’re not sure. (We just looked it up. It’s 37.) To make things more complicated, each contract ... of inconsistency across value-based contracts, let’s dive into one important piece of these arrangements: ...- Authors: Daniel Reck (Dan), Lisa Swan, Sam Johnmeyer
- Date: Aug 2022
- Competency: Communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Strategic Insight and Integration
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Risk appetite; Enterprise Risk Management>Risk measurement - ERM; Health & Disability>Chronic health management - Health & Disability; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Health & Disability>Payment models; Health & Disability>Provider risk
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Issue Brief: Changing Financial Risks for Medigap Insurance, Part 2
50% in 2023.[1] This growth has cut into Medigap’s market share (though not overall enrollment counts) ... administrative and financial risk of enhancing benefits. MA’s broad annual flexibility to include dental, vision ...
- Date: Mar 2024
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Strategic Insight and Integration
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Health & Disability; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Public Policy; Public Policy
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Biosimilars, Part 2: The Coming Wave
material. Biosimilars bring competition, and there’s going to be a lot of opportunity to drive competition ... reached. Patents can extend the reference product’s exclusivity period and complicate litigation challenging ...
- Date: Sep 2023
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Health & Disability
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Impact of Proposed Change in Medicare Advantage Payment
Health Watch | J a n u a r y 2 0 0 8 | 2 3 The Centers for Medicare and MedicaidServices (CMS) ... wakelyconsulting.com/research.htm The charts in Table 1 on pages 24 and 25 show the estimated reduction ...- Authors: Brian Weible, Kirk Luke Shanks
- Date: Jan 2008
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Social Insurance>Medicare
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Health Watch, Issue 79, December 2015, Health Watch
Health Watch, Issue 79, December 2015, Health Watch Health Watch, Issue 79, ... Research;Cause-of-death mortality;Disability;Presenteeism;Absenteeism;Smoking and mortality;health care reform;actuarial ...- Authors: Society of Actuaries
- Date: Dec 2015
- Competency: Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Leadership>Influence; Professional Values>Ethical standards; Relationship Management>Team leadership; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Disability; Health & Disability>Critical illness insurance; Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Health & Disability>Health risks; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Regression analysis; Technology & Applications>Computer science
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Soundbites from the American Academy of Actuaries Health Practice Council
the i s s u e s a n d re a d y t o h e l p w i t h s o l u t i o n s . T h e s e r i e s i n c l u d e ... e s i n f o r m a t i o n o n t h e following: rising costs of health care, medical re i n s u r a n c ...- Authors: Heather E Jerbi
- Date: May 2008
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Health & Disability>Health care
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Critical Illness Turns 40!
made when a team of surgeons performed the world’s first human-to-human heart transplant.[1] The team ... changed significantly over the last 40 years, Barnard’s vision lives on. There are now variations in the types ...
- Authors: Jennifer Howard, Ashlee Borcan
- Date: Sep 2023
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Experience Studies & Data; Experience Studies & Data>Morbidity; Health & Disability; Health & Disability>Critical illness insurance; Health & Disability>Health insurance; Experience Studies & Data>Rate calculations; Health & Disability>Incidence; Health & Disability>Rates - Health & Disability; Health & Disability>Termination - Health & Disability
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Further Discussion of High Hospital Charges
Significant Issues Again” based on our analysis of FY 2000 Medicare hospital charges. As pointed out, these ... compares to a ratio of just over 14 to one in FY 2000 (based on hospitals with at least 1000 admissions ...- Authors: John Cookson
- Date: Apr 2003
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Health & Disability
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Intimate Partner Violence: The Shadow Pandemic Part 2: Intimate Partner Violence During the COVID-19 Pandemic
and Jananie William Health Watch, March 2021 Editor’s note: This paper discusses experiences of violence ... around the world. I urge all governments to put women’s safety first as they respond to the pandemic.[5] The ...
- Date: Mar 2021
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: Health Watch
- Topics: Health & Disability>Health care; Health & Disability>Health care quality; Health & Disability>Health risks