by Cheryl DeMars | Apr 27, 2021 | Health Policy, Members & Employers
Price transparency is a hot topic in health policy right now. For good reason; employers and their employees fork over a large share of their incomes to health care every year, yet most have trouble planning for those expenses because of complex, often obscure pricing...
by Kyle Monroe | Feb 12, 2021 | Individuals, Members & Employers
The National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions (NAHPC) hosted a great webinar detailing the rights and responsibilities of Plan Sponsors as fiduciaries. To help better educate our members on this important topic, we’ve summarized our key takeaways for you,...
by Melina Kambitsi, Ph.D. | Sep 22, 2020 | Members & Employers
On Sept. 18, RAND Corporation and the Employers’ Forum of Indiana released the National Hospital Price Transparency Study (RAND 3.0), which aims to help employers understand the costs they’re paying for hospital services. Employers can use this data to empower their...
by Jennifer Austin | Sep 8, 2020 | Members & Employers
In our third and final Direct Primary Care webinar installment, our own Melina Kambitsi, PhD., hosted Proactive MD’s executive vice president of direct care services, Justin Leigh, to discuss what makes Direct Primary Care so impactful. During the second portion of...
by Kyle Monroe | Aug 25, 2020 | Members & Employers
In order to better understand Payment Reform strategies and how they can positively influence health care purchasing, let’s begin by explaining how health care is typically delivered. On a basic level, the traditional health care model utilizes a fee-for-service...
