Accountability: The General Public
“We have met the enemy and he is us.” – Walt Kelly, Pogo Introduction The general consensus [...]
Accountability Inspire Series: Public Health
Introduction In the debate around healthcare reform or in conversations about what’s wrong with the U.S. healthcare [...]
Accountability: Rates
Introduction One of the primary responsibilities of health plans, like Aetna, Cigna and UnitedHealth Group, is to [...]
Government Accountability
In 2004, the General Accounting Office changed its name to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The name change [...]
Accountability of Members/Patients to Maintain a Healthy Lifestyle
Introduction How much is your health worth to you? How much do you invest (or sacrifice) in [...]
Media Accountability & Health Care
Introduction For the past year or so, there has been significant public discussion about the media. Is [...]
Accountability: Physician and Professional Providers
Doing the Right Thing by Maximizing Quality Introduction This article is part of the Inspire series exploring accountability [...]
Accountability: Hospital and Health System Pricing
Introduction In a traditional economic business model, the tension and interaction between supply and demand in a [...]
How to Save the Individual ACA Market for $14 Billion
“You’ve got to keep ‘em separated." – The Offspring, Come Out and Play The Individual Insurance Market and [...]
A New Perspective: User-Centric Health Benefit Design
Introduction As health costs spiral out of control, health plans and plan sponsors are starting to experiment [...]