Health Insurance Profits
Health insurance carrier profits seems to be an issue that is wildly misunderstood. There is a big disconnect between the public and cost of health care. People do not seem to understand that health insurance premiums are expensive because the cost of health care is expensive and it is getting more expensive everyday (new treatments, […]
On Site Wellness Centers
Indianapolis On Site Wellness Inside Indianapolis Business reported on a story about a Dorel Juvenile Group attacking thier health care cost with an On Site wellness clinc. The company CEO stated that their health care costs were around $6 million a year. It sounds that this company has a Self Funded plan which requires them to pay the majority of the claims. […]
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Individual health Insurance Quotes Online
As the health insurance industry changes so does the process of obtaining health insurance. There has a big shift for people to go online to receive quotes. This is a very easy way to look at health insurance rates. The problem is most sites are collecting your information so that they can sell to agents […]
UnitedHealthCare Children’s Foundation
Unitedhealthcare has a non profit called UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation. www.uhccf.org This organization gave out 800+ grants in 2010 to families that had children with ongoing health conditions. Families can qualify to receive up to $5,000 to help pay for medical services and equipment. Some of these services could be occupational & speech therapy, counseling services,surgeries, […]
Free Choice Vouchers Defunded
The budget agreement that was reached last week has defund Free Choice Vouchers of the new health care law. Most people have no clue what these are. A free choice voucher gave the employee the right to take a employer contribution for a group health care plan and apply that to a the exchange plan. The employee would be […]
Senate Sends 1099 Repeal Bill To Obama
The 1099 provision of the health care reform, which would have raised $19 billion to help pay for the law is on it’s way to being repealed. This aspect of the law would have required all businesses to file tax reporting for all vendors from which they purchased $600 worth of goods or services. Politico […]
Concierge Medicine
Concierge medicine is where you pay your doctor a retainer fee so that you may see then with very short notice. The avg fee is around $1,500 but can be as high as $5,000. This type of services is all so called boutique medical, retainer-based medicine, and innovative medical practice design. There are some real Medicare worries about […]
Using Health Rankings for Wellness
www.countyhealthrankings.org This is a really informative website on the health of each state. It even goes in dept to how healthy each county is. It’s ranking the counties for healthy behaviors, clinical care , social & econmic, and physical enviorment. There is a serious relationship between and wealth of a county and how healthy they […]
Health Insurance Companies Audits
In the small group health insurance industry there has been a huge increase in carriers auditing their clients. The audit consists of the carrier requiring the client to provide up today wage n tax information. The carrier is looking to see if the group is still compliant form a participation standpoint. In the past very […]
