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Interested in switching to a reference-based healthcare model? Knowing how to explain reference-based pricing to employees is an important first step.
Why is cost containment important in healthcare? This powerful strategy can help you save significantly on your healthcare spending.
Switching to self-insured plans is easier than it may first seem. Use this step-by-step guide to see how reference-based pricing works.
Interested in switching to a reference-based healthcare model? Knowing how to explain reference-based pricing to employees is an important first step.
In today’s unpredictable economy, saving money is more important than ever. Employers understand that providing quality healthcare for their employees is key for recruitment, retention, and productivity. When employers struggle to retain employees due to rising healthcare costs, that loss of labor makes it difficult to generate revenue. This can create a vicious cycle: as […]
What Is It? On Jan. 1, 2022, legislation designed to protect patients from surprise medical bills, dubbed the No Surprises Act (NSA), took effect. The passage of this act offers patients federal protection from unavoidable out-of-network charges, such as when people in emergency medical situations later receive unexpectedly outsized bills for their care. These inflated […]
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Proposed Rulemaking to Strengthen HIPAA Security and Cybersecurity Protections
Cost ContainmentThe Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), which administers and enforces the HIPAA Security Rule (“Security Rule”), recently issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to strengthen cybersecurity protections for electronic protected health information (ePHI). The proposed rule introduces several new requirements and clarifications that will have […]