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• Legal Cost Savings: Through the Client’s Eyes

  
  Wired GC — Authority:
  In August 2006, well before the current economic downturn, HP CEO Mark Hurd explained his philosophy on cost control to the New York Times: ”Costs and growth are different sides of the same coin,” he said. ”We will spend money to save money and save money to spend money. We will never be done looking at our ...
  23 hours ago

• Connector unveils new Choice site

  
  A Healthy Blog — Authority: 133
  The Commonwealth Connector unveils a new website for CommChoice this month (Check it out here by selecting a plan that starts on January 1st). The new website has the feel of an online shopping experience for a major department store. The revamped website is in response to requests by Board members, (and us), [...]
  1 week ago

• How to Show the Financial Impact of Workers Comp Cost Containment

  
  Workers Comp Kit Blog — Authority: 137
  Reducing Lost Work Days Will Control Comp Costs   Today we’ll talk about reviewing  how reducing lost days will help employers control workers’ comp costs. To calculate  the financial impact of  having too many employees out of work, and not having a light duty, modified duty or transitional duty ...
  1 week ago

• Martha Bebinger, Rep. Lewis Describe MA Payment Reform

  
  A Healthy Blog — Authority: 133
  Martha Bebinger, on leave from WBUR to participate in the Nieman fellowship at Harvard University, has written a solid, hopeful summary of the Massachusetts payment reform process for the journal Health Affairs. Bebinger’s article, Mission Not Yet Accomplished? Massachusetts Contemplates Major Moves On Cost ...
  1 week ago

• You Should Already Know This . . .

  
  The New Ledger Chequer-Board — Authority: 141
  But it is worth emphasizing anew: The public option will fail to save money . Robert Samuelson’s excellent article is definitely worth a read, and definitely worth a mention in the corridors of power, where there still exists the delusion that the public option will somehow increase choice and competition, and ...
  2 weeks ago

• URGENTLY REQUIRED GADING RAYA

  
  Lowongan Kerja Baru 2009 — Authority: 135
  URGENTLY REQUIRED GADING RAYA (PADANG GOLF & CLUB) We are an International Golf Club located at Gading Serpong-Tangerang is seeking for talented candidates to fill the following positions:   Front Office Manager (FOM) Front Office Supervisor (FOS) Front Office Staff ...
  2 weeks ago

• 4th Annual Connector Board Retreat

  
  A Healthy Blog — Authority: 133
  This past Saturday, October 17th, the Connector Board held its fourth annual retreat, with the following agenda: Introduction & State FinancesState Financial OutlookCommCare FY10 UpdateIntegration of CommCare & CommChoiceLong Range PlanningNational Health ReformPayment Reform (Global Payments)New ANF ...
  2 weeks ago

• Why the “Doc Fix” Doesn’t Fix Health Care

  
  EconomistMom.com — Authority: 513
  As we explained in a Concord Coalition press release today: The Senate is expected to consider a bill this week that would permanently increase physician reimbursement rates relative to the current Medicare “sustainable growth rate” (SGR) formula and exempt this “doc fix” from pay-as-you-go budget rules ...
  3 weeks ago

• They charged me for the chips and salsa. Penny wise and pound foolish

  
  lets-talk-business — Authority: 123
  We must be careful in how we respond to the current decline in business revenue. I see and experience a    number of knee jerk reactions. Some not so smart. Recently I was visiting a frequently visited restaurant and when expecting the usual treatment at the bar, specifically some chips and salsa while we have a ...
  3 weeks ago

• Payment Reform Hearing Report

  
  A Healthy Blog — Authority: 133
  At its hearing last Thursday, the legislature’s Committee on Health Care Financing began its public look at payment reform, soliciting public input on the content of the legislation and its implementation (background here, and HCFA’s take here). The muggy, packed hearing brought out all the players (aka ...
  4 weeks ago

• Can All-Payer Payment Reform Work? The Maryland Example

  
  A Healthy Blog — Authority: 133
  As Massachusetts and the Congress look for feasible policies to slow down the increase in health care costs, one state continues to set an example of steady cost control in hospital care for years. A recent Wall Street Journal article discusses Maryland’s independent price-setting policy for hospital care. ...
  7 weeks ago

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