Comments on: The Tough Economy is Impacting Health (and Potentially HEDIS)

By: Headlines for Oct 3-5 | Health Content Advisors

Headlines for Oct 3-5 | Health Content Advisors — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:47:46 +0000

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By: Country Doc

Country Doc — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:48:58 +0000

If insurance companies are really interested in patient centric care they will take the lead in creating a health care system with The Medical Home concept in mind.

As to the other comment on providers charging whatever they want–most insurers pay me 60-65 cents on the dollar for what I charge and Medicare/Medicaid 50 cents or less on the dollar. I’d hardly call that charging whatever I want.

By: Frederick Navarro

Frederick Navarro — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:12:15 +0000

You wrote . This is not my idea of positive member behavior. Positive member behavior is increased exercise and proper diet to reduce diabetes risk, better diet and eating more high fiber foods to decrease risk of colon cancer. I don’t know how the idea of consumer empowerment became “do what your doctor says and get tests.” An economic downturn on health care demand is good for the industry. Right now providers think they can charge whatever they want. That’s a huge part of why health care costs are increasing. Health plans are not the problem; it’s the providers. Maybe this is the kick in the teeth they need to lower health care costs.

By: Elizabeth Stanfill

Elizabeth Stanfill — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:55:20 +0000

You would think the prescription for antidepressant medication would be up considering all the worry about the economy in the news. Concerning the other health care actions, it makes sense that they are down because many procedures have out of pocket expenses.