Towards A Successful Society – Healthcare And Capitalist Evangelism

May 9, 2010

This article explores the various healthcare systems in the Western hemisphere within the context of what constitutes a successful society. The article posits that a successful society and population health are inextricably connected.

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Funding Your Own Healthcare

May 5, 2010

If you are on your own to fund healthcare, what are your options? More individual adults and families are on their own to provide funding for healthcare. There is a growing trend of being your own freelance business owner, being a contract employee or being employed by a business that does not offer a health insurance benefit. Many people make the mistake of buying price instead of value in a healthcare funding plan. This article provides an overview of options for funding healthcare with both advantages and disadvantages of each strategy.

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Healthcare Executive Recruiting – Bet on the Horse or the Jockey?

May 2, 2010

Experience breeds intuition when it comes to healthcare executive recruiting. Does it work for horse racing too? I will not attempt to prove whether experience improves your outcome at the track. However, healthcare venture capitalists often use horse racing analogies when discussing ideal investments. These venture capitalists prefer to bet on the jockey versus the horse. Their logic, it’s the people that drive the business.

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Funding Your Own Healthcare by David Crump

May 1, 2010

Submitted by Michele Carter-Graham Introduction More folks including both individual adults and families are on their own to provide funding for healthcare. There is a growing trend of being your own freelance business owner, being a contract employee or being employed by a business that does not offer a health insurance benefit. Many people make […]

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Insurance Contracts for Medical Providers

April 21, 2010

Another day in the healthcare world. Medical providers are in a type of panic on getting paid less than their cost of doing business. In our world, there is no other type of business that expects their business owners to work for less than their costs. Patients are concerned when they receive their explanation of […]

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What is Managed Care Healthcare?

April 10, 2010

Author-Roberta Broyles, submitted by Michele Carter-Graham There are many different techniques that are used to reduce the cost of providing healthcare to people. These techniques also help improve the quality of care besides enabling people to provide and receive services at a much lesser cost compared to normal. There are many different managed care healthcare […]

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Managed Care-Provider Q & A

April 10, 2010

Author-Chris Majdi, submitted by Michele Carter-Graham Why are capitated providers often required to provide “encounter data”? Encounter data relates to patient visits to a provider for outpatient and ambulatory services. This data is tracked for various purposes and has varying degrees of importance based on how a provider is compensated. For providers who receive revenues […]

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Why the Healthcare Reform Bill of 2009 Did Not Pass

April 10, 2010

Author-Jeremy Taylor Lewis, submitted by Michele Carter-Graham Now that it appears that the current Healthcare Reform bill is not going to be passed by Congress, it is time to take a step back, and re-evaluate the healthcare situation in America. And while we’re at it let’s look for a positive real world solution to the […]

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Healthcare Industry is Growing -by R Govindan

April 10, 2010

Author-R. Govidan, contributed by Michele Carter-Graham, taken from ezinearticiles.com The healthcare industry is continuing to create jobs despite the global economic downturn. Medical training will be an utter necessity in order to provide services to the increasing geriatric population. Unemployment rates have been going up in most other sectors like retail and construction. Job cuts […]

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Healthcare Reform-One Person’s Opinion

April 10, 2010

Healthcare in the United States is on everyone’s mind. Whether you have good coverage with your employer or individual coverage or government insurance, you are probably like the rest of us regarding the new reform recently passed: what does it all mean? When Medicare was originated, there were issues and controversy as well. All insurance […]

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