Recap of the 2018 Shared Value Leadership Summit
“We are a healthcare company that’s greatly impacted by lifestyle. So, how do we help people stay healthy?”
This statement, from Humana President and CEO...
Healthcare Cost Transparency Payment Reform Gets HHS Jolt
Every day, millions of Americans check into hospitals, visit physicians, or are treated in clinics. During these visits, patients rarely ask:
“How much is...
Potential Remedies for Increasing Medicaid Costs
Michael Best Strategies Partner and former Wisconsin Medicaid Director Michael Heifetz discusses potential fixes to rising Medicaid costs.
Watch the first part of this two-part series where...
Making Good Health Profitable Part 3: ACA & Quality Care
In the final installment of our three-part series on Making Good Health Profitable, we discuss the Affordable Care Act and its impact of adding...
Making Good Health Profitable Part 2: A Conversation with Karen Timberlake
In part two of our three part series, Karen Timberlake discusses why the measurement of healthcare data needs to become simpler and more consistent across...
Wisconsin Seeks $200M for Reinsurance
The Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) formally submitted the 1332 waiver request on April 18. This waiver request, authorized in section 1332...
Health Payers and Providers Making Big Bets on Social Determinants – updated 3/20/19
Update: if you found this article helpful, you might also be interested in the March 19th article in MedPageToday, “Social Determinants of Health an...
Open Enrollment Snapshot – Federal vs. Wisconsin
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released final data from the November 1 - December 15, 2017 open enrollment period, in...
The Cost of Diabetes
Americans are spending hundreds of millions of dollars every year on treatment of diabetes, a disease that is largely preventable. Investment in diabetes care...
Wisconsin Political Round Up – April Edition
In this first edition of the Wisconsin Political Round Up, Nathan Houdek takes a closer look at both sides of the aisle’s fight to...
