Weekly Radio Segment – Financial Safety Net

Posted by Eric Schultz on May 5, 2012 no comments

Eric’s weekly radio segment – click here to listen Recently, there’s been talk of limiting the amount of financial reserves that Massachusetts health insurers are allowed to carry. While this may sound like a good idea, it’s not; reserves provide a safety net that ensures hospitals and physicians get paid…

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Categories: Harvard Pilgrim, Health Care Costs

Weekly Radio Segment – “Boston Moves For Health” Initiative

Posted by Eric Schultz on May 5, 2012 no comments

Eric’s weekly radio segment – click here to listen. While obesity remains a major public health issue, researchers at our Harvard Pilgrim Institute brought us some good news this week from a regional study that shows declining obesity rates in very young children. Finally, the hard work from innovative public…

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Categories: Families, Harvard Pilgrim, Harvard Pilgrim Institute, Preventative Care

Weekly Radio Segment – Provider Price Reform

Posted by Eric Schultz on November 11, 2011 no comments

Eric’s Weekly Radio Segment – Click here to listen Last week, the special Commission on Provider Price Reform put a spotlight on the problem of high prices charged by hospitals and physician groups that wield excessive market power.  They recommended a series of strategies to fix this major cost driver. …

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Categories: Accountable Care Organizations, Care Coordination, Cost Reduction, Health Care Costs, Health Care Reform

Weekly Radio Segment – Provider Strategy

Posted by Josh Wilcox on October 10, 2011 no comments

Click Here To Listen to Eric’s Weekly Radio Segment. At Harvard Pilgrim, we’re working with physicians to develop new care delivery models.  This collaborative effort aims to improve patient care, streamline decision making and take waste out of the health care system.  One program focuses on Orthopedic care.  When working closely with…

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Categories: Care Coordination, Cost Reduction

Harvard Pilgrim Named #1 Private Health Plan in America*

Posted by Eric Schultz on October 10, 2011 no comments

Harvard Pilgrim has been named the #1 private health plan in America once again according to an annual ranking of the nation’s best health plans by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. Click here to listen to Eric’s announcement *HMO/POS. NCQA’s Private Health Insurance Plan Rankings, 2011-12 – Private. U.S.…

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Categories: Awards, Harvard Pilgrim, Quality Care

Eric’s Weekly Radio Segment – Municipal ChoiceNet

Posted by Eric Schultz on September 9, 2011 no comments

Cities and towns are often challenged with balancing quality and cost for their employees’ health care.  Harvard Pilgrim has a solution to help contain those escalating costs while still ensuring that the municipal employees get excellent coverage. Click here to listen to Eric’s radio segment on Municipal ChoiceNet Important Information…

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Sharing our 2010 Annual Report

Posted by Eric Schultz on September 9, 2011 no comments

Today Harvard Pilgrim Health Care released its 2010 Annual Report – Making health care work better…that’s what we do. I start the report by offering up the three words that come to mind when I think about health care — complex, expensive and personal. We all have different points of…

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Categories: Working with Everyone

Health Care Uncovered

Posted by Eric Schultz on May 5, 2011 no comments

During the week marking the fifth anniversary of our landmark health care reform in Massachusetts I participated in WCVBTV’s Health Care Uncovered Live Summit. It was an honor to be included in the panel of leaders, and I think we made important strides towards communicating the complexity of health care…

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Categories: Health Care Reform, Health Care System, Premiums, Working with Everyone

Opening the Black Box (Part 2)

Posted by Eric Schultz on December 12, 2010 7 comments

In my last blog, I explained how insurance premiums are calculated for employers having less than 51 employees and for individuals and how state regulations affect those rates. In this blog post I will provide examples that drive a: Premium decrease of 37% Premium increase of 16% Premium increase of…

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Categories: Health Care System, Premiums, Working with Everyone

Opening The Black Box (Part 1)

Posted by Eric Schultz on November 11, 2010 7 comments

How can it be that health insurers indicate that total medical cost is rising 8 – 10% but a small employer may see premium increases as high as 20% – 30%, or more? Increasingly, we read or hear about small employers that were shocked after receiving very large health insurance…

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Categories: Health Care System, Premiums, Working with Everyone