Controlling prescription drug expenditures: a case report of success
...an 11,000employees, ranks among the top 15 largest employers in North Carolina. Employees of both organizations are members of the health plan. One reason for this success may be that the plan was careful to avoid shifting costs to its members, said Miller. Whenever a drug was changed to a more expensive tie...Highlights from the August 2007 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...bstantial burden of health care costs to patients, employers and society, effective interventions that are at least cost-neutral should be welcome additions to comprehensive medical care. Additional research articles in the August Journal of the American Dietetic Association include: Diet Composition and...RAND presents first Victor Fuchs Research Award to economists at Carnegie Mellon University
...he experiences of workers insured through 40 large employers from throughout the United States The award will be given annually by the Bing Center for Health Economics at RAND in honor of Victor R. Fuchs, a member of the Forums editorial board. Research by Fuchs demonstrated that economic analysis yielded va...Split the difference: Pill-splitting study looks at cost-saving step that could be used by millions
...e findings have already had an impact on one large employers prescription drug plan: U-M used them to justify a...pays for any medicines. Still, Choe says, other employers and agencies can re-design their prescription plans to encourage and reward pill-splitting, by restr...American College of Physicians commends introduction of Bipartisan Health CARE Act
...s, or from qualified non-group insurers; small employers will have new options for obtaining coverage, including having access to the variety and types of health plans offered to federal employees; and an expert advisory commission will recommend essential benefits that participating health plans will ...ACP challenges Congress to make 'fundamental changes' in Medicare payment policies
...hysicians (ACP), other physician organizations and employers to redesign Medicare payment policies to provide i... a broad collaborative of physician organizations, employers and other stakeholders. The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative, of which ACP is a founding...Major employers, physicians, stakeholders unite to revolutionize America's healthcare system
May 10, 2007 (Washington) -- Major American employers today united with major physician groups to form a Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC). The Collaborative is the product of many months of discussion among employers, physicians and consumers on how they can work together to advance ...Employers who recognize the impact of migraine may help to improve workplace productivity
...on, Mass. May 3, 2007 -- Migraines take a toll on employers as well up to $28.7 billion in annual direct and ...(AAN) in Boston, Mass., reinforced the benefit for employers to acknowledge and assess the impact of migraine to potentially improve workplace productivity. The ...Obesity increases workers' compensation costs
...ns vary from state to state, they all require that employers carry insurance policies to cover their employees should they be injured on the job. The plans can pay for employee medical costs, compensation for loss of current or future wages, or compensation for pain and suffering. "We all know obesity is bad...Congressional proposals would cover all uninsured, reduce US health spending by up to $61B
...use of offsetting tax revenue effects of requiring employers to "cash-out" their health benefits as wages to em...ct a mandatory cash-out of benefits on the part of employers that currently offer coverage. Source: The Lewin Group for The Commonwealth Fund. Health Care Plan...UCSF policy expert presents recommendation for health coverage
... and Germany that have coverage pools paid into by employers for health care, making the point that his proposa... worked in other places. "In the United States, employers sponsor specific health plans, and if the premium cost is higher than employees think its worth or i...US businesses not prepared for aging workforce
...e. Key findings include: Only 37% of employers had adopted strategies to encourage late career wo...over and are loyal and reliable." 60% of the employers indicated that recruiting competent job applicants is a significant HR challenge. 40% indicate...Lack of guidelines on kidney stone attacks could put travel workers and passengers at risk
...medical bills. Patients should also inform their employers if a sudden kidney stone attack could put them, or others, at risk. "Kidney stones affect about one in ten people and the pain can be notoriously severe, with up to 40 per cent of attacks needing hospital admission" says urologist Nigel Borley, a ...RAND study finds higher quality outpatient care greatly benefits chronically ill patients
...th care providers, as well as insurance companies, employers and other groups that that pay for health care. Future studies should focus on identifying patient, clinician, and organizational factors that increase the chance of patients receiving high-quality medical care, Kahn said....Chronic pain up almost 40 percent among US workers in past decade
...t decade. More than two-thirds, or 66 percent, of employers surveyed now offer worksite wellness programs to employees, compared to 40 percent in 1996. But while the number of wellness programs is relatively high, the number of programs addressing chronic pain is not. Only 22 percent of wellness programs incl...U-M, Harvard team propose way to make the most of health dollars
...ld prevent her child's asthma attacks? American employers and citizens could get a lot more value out of their health insurance by abandoning the old-fashioned system of charging everyone the same, says a team of University of Michigan and Harvard University researchers in a new paper published online tod...New Congress should focus on covering the uninsured, reducing health costs, according to new survey
...%). Half of all respondents say that requiring employers who don't provide coverage to contribute to a fund...nder Medicare AR #2 (63%); GLC #2* (54%) Require employers who don't provide coverage to contribute to a fund to pay for such coverage HCD #4 (54%); BI #3 (46%...Minorities and colorectal cancer screening: Phone them and they will come
... By providing such screening, health insurers and employers could find a significant reduction in the human and financial toll taken by colon cancer." From 1992-2001, CRC incidence for black men was 13.2 percent higher than for white men and 21.7 percent greater for black women than for white women. Annual m...Importance of personal health records draws support of American College of Physicians
... large employers. Yesterday, the initial group of employers -- Wal-Mart, BP America, Intel, Pitney Bowes, and ...Applied Materials -- unveiled Dossia, a system the employers say will enable individuals to control their own medical data from multiple sources and to create an...Consumer-driven health plans slow to catch on, 2nd annual survey finds
... can contribute pre-tax income to HSAs, while only employers can contribute to HRAs. Employees can use money in the accounts, without tax penalty, to pay for medical expenses not covered by their health plans. The survey, a nationally representative sample of individuals with consumer-driven and high-deduct...