Interstate Licensure Compacts & Your Health Plan’s Bottom Line
Interstate licensure compacts are an example of another policy that is helping propel the telehealth movement. These regulations make it so that telemedicine providers can receive multiple state licenses simultaneously…
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Lowering Costs Associated with Hospital-acquired Infections
Current CDC data finds that about one in 31 hospital patients has at least one healthcare-associated infection (HAI). While hospitals can implement measures such as improved disinfecting protocols, equipment standards,…
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Accumulators and Switching Health Plans
Many circumstances in life might force someone to switch health insurance plans. Moving, getting married, losing a job, starting a new career, and a change in financial status can all…
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Attracting and Retaining Healthy Young Adult Members
People across all age groups have varying consumer health behaviors that impact payers’ bottom line. One of the most notable tendencies of younger generations is how rarely they rely on…
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New Way to Address the Opioid Crisis
The pandemic has brought about an onslaught of changes -- some good and some bad. While a surge in drug-related deaths due to overdose has been a negative outcome, this…
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Medicare Networks Proving More Concerning than Premiums
While one might assume that Medicare subscribers’ main concern is affording costly insurance premiums, this is not always the case. Recent research shows that many Medicare beneficiaries are more concerned…
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