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Analysis of: Outsourced Wombs (warner.blogs.nytimes.com)
Wombs for rent and organs for purchase is not new news, but it certainly is a growing business.  Aside from the obvious effect on a reinsurer profits for allowing very expensive transplanted vessels to be eligible for reimbursement, there is the larger issue of if it is right to allow. ...
Analysis of: To your health: diagnosing the state of healthcare and the global private medical insurance industry (www.swissre.com)
The authors comments are accurate for a multibillion dollar multinational reinsurer looking down from 30,000 feet.  The US spends about $1.6 of the estimated $5 billion.  Identifying emerging trends in foreign lands will take a wary eye.  It is highly unlikely that the type of risk giant...
Frederic Goldstein, President and Chief Operating Officer
Frederic Goldstein, President and Chief Operating Officer
U.S. Preventive Medicine, Inc.
Analysis of: CBO: Medicare and Medicaid spending growth unsustainable (www.ama-assn.org)
While Medicare and and Medicaid currently consume about 8% of the countries GDP, the CBO projects these two programs will consume 18.5% unless major changes are made. These changes are going to require a much different approach than what is operating today.
Frederic Goldstein, President and Chief Operating Officer
Frederic Goldstein, President and Chief Operating Officer
U.S. Preventive Medicine, Inc.
Analysis of: Form 8-K for HEALTHWAYS, INC (biz.yahoo.com)
The current standard approach to disease management does not work well in the high disease burden, senior based market.  For DM to be successful with these populations they must provide more intensity of services. While this cancelation by CIGNA of the contract will not impact Healthways as they...
Frederic Goldstein, President and Chief Operating Officer
Frederic Goldstein, President and Chief Operating Officer
U.S. Preventive Medicine, Inc.
Analysis of: Stiffer penalties on shoddy nursing homes sought (www.reuters.com)
The nursing home industry has been an arena for investors to establish large companies and then sell them at a profit. Although regulated now, the industry is in for additional scrutiny based on investigations and Committee hearings.
Analysis of: Guaranty Insurance Services Announces Acquisition (www.insurancenewsnet.com)
Good article, and method.  Growing an agency is quite challenging today.  Its always a good idea to tie the buying price to longevity of the book and create an incentive to keep current clients renewing during the transition.       The smaller agencies may actually...
Frederic Goldstein, President and Chief Operating Officer
Frederic Goldstein, President and Chief Operating Officer
U.S. Preventive Medicine, Inc.
Analysis of: UPDATE: UnitedHealth, GHI, HIP To Adopt Doctor-Ranking Model (money.cnn.com)
For those who think Physician Scorecards are meaningless or they are problematic and hope that these measurement tools will not come; here are more large plans, some of whom  are going to roll out nationally with these systems and they now have a stamp of approval.
Analysis of: Should Doctors Own Hospitals? (www.businessweek.com)
Many risk assuming entities are available to doctors and hospitals courageous enough to believe they have the talent to manage their local healthcare market. Some 10-12 years ago we saw the market go nuts for Physician Practice Medical Groups (PPMGs), Group Practices without walls (GPWW’s), Independent...
Analysis of: New Urgency in Debating Health Care (www.nytimes.com)
     The market response to healthcare inflation running at 200%-300% of the rest of the economy will force federal action to fund care as an established precedent and "access" to care. We have surpassed the price point where many individuals and small employers now elect not to...
Robert Forster, MD, Healthcare Consultant
Robert Forster, MD, Healthcare Consultant
Robert Forster, MD
Analysis of: Cigna reaches deal on doctors' rankings (news.yahoo.com)
Fred is both right and wrong by history.  Ranking of physician performance is akin to work (or payment) for performance.  Since I was around at the beginning of this movement and watching its development, it is clear that work efficiency particularly will high acuity patients is very difficult...

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