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Paul Levy - 9 People to Watch in Healthcare
Name: Paul Levy Location: Boston, Massachusetts Profession: President and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Fast facts: Prior to becoming president and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess in 2002,... Read more...
Blue plans in five states join to share healthcare cost info
A group of five large Blue plans have come together to share healthcare cost data and allow their 48 million beneficiaries to compare costs between providers. Participants include WellPoint, Blue... Read more...
House bill requires insurance companies to disclose limits to consumers
Yesterday, the House passed HR 1253, the Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009, which requires insurance companies to fully disclose policy limitations to... Read more...
WellPoint, Blues team up to fight for transparency
WellPoint has announced another step in the fight for transparency: it is partnering with four major Blue plans to provide online access to health care cost information. WellPoint will be partnering... Read more...
Health insurers harness consumers to drive prices down, quality up
A few health insurer organizations, like UnitedHealth Group subsidiary OptumHealth and the national Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, are making new efforts to harness the power of their consumers... Read more...
MA puts hospital costs, ratings on the web
Like a growing number of its peers, the state of Massachusetts is taking transparency to a whole new level. Residents now have access to a website that allows them to directly compare the cost and... Read more...
Study: MD referrals, word of mouth drive choice of providers
Much of the dialogue in public policy assumes that consumers will make provider selections based on price and quality information if they can--despite growing evidence to the contrary. Now, another... Read more...
Senate advises greater disclosure of healthcare costs
Consumers have been asking for it--and now the U.S. Senate may oblige. The Senate has released a discussion draft of legislation that they think would help contain healthcare costs through greater... Read more...
Trend: Hospitals apologize for mistakes publicly
Typically, hospitals have shied away from the legal exposure and bad publicity that come with apologizing publicly for mistakes. Lately, however--prompted by the industry's increasing push toward... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: A hospital CEO's pitch for transparency
While we, as consumers, demand transparency from the other professionals we deal with--including insurance companies, car dealers, computer sales specialists, stock brokers, architects and more--is... Read more...
