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Study Group: Commercial HMO Economic Experts

Council Members in this Study Group: 42

This study group may include physicians, care providers, and researchers specializing in internal medicine, cardiology, oncology, dermatology, emergency medicine, family medicine, neurology, obstetrics-gynecology, psychiatry, radiology, nursing, optometry, genetics, and mental health. It may also include experts knowledgeable on diagnostic labs, disease management, medical devices, long term care, surgery centers, health management, pharma, and biotechnology, among others.

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Anthony Cancela, Jr, RHU, President, CANCELA INSURANCE BROKERAGE, LLCAnthony Cancela, Jr, RHU

President
CANCELA INSURANCE BROKERAGE, LLC
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Anthony Cancela Jr., RHU, RFC, is the President and CEO of Cancela Insurance Brokerage, LLC, a New Jersey-based Insurance Brokerage which has provided insurance consultation and implementation for clients in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, since 1999. Cancela Insurance Brokerage manages over...

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More work needs to be done

November 24, 2008

FDA Faults Wrinkle Fillers Over Warnings | online.wsj.com

Dermal Fillers are a popular and growing procedure that is poorly regulated.  Although problems arise in their administration, it is not clear whether it is due to the product or user technique.  That key difference is essential to quantify before issuing warnings

as medicine becomes an expected no cost right it looses value & reimbursement

August 6, 2008

As Doctors Cater to Looks, Skin Patients Wait | www.nytimes.com

With excellent patient satisfaction, ease of use and excellent cash based reimbursement, there is a rapidly growing aesthetic & skin care business to dermatologic practice.  This has clearly impacted access to care by patients with skin disease in my area.  Perhaps a better question is...

Lybrel to eliminate periods..at what patient cost share?

June 7, 2007

FDA Clears Wyeth Contraceptive Pill | online.wsj.com

The approval of Lybrel is likely to result in patient request for its use.  Most patient will be required to pay the most expensive patient cost share however, as the product really brings nothing new to the contraceptive armamentarium.  Gynecologists have been presribing other brand andgeneric...

The other side the CDHP's

September 27, 2006

Anthony Cancela, Jr, RHU, President, CANCELA INSURANCE BROKERAGE, LLC

When Empoyees Pay for Health Care, the Boss Pays too | online.wsj.com

CDHP's are not the "end all" to the growing healthcare problem in this country, but at least it is a beginning for the employer and employee to gain back some sort of control on the expenditure they have on insurance premiums.

Shortage of Capacity even in Non-Hurricane Areas

September 8, 2006

The Insurance Market One Year After Hurricane Katrina | fpn.advisen.com

   It is understandable that the re-insurance market has gone into another furor over real and potential future losses.  What is unique about this particular time period, is that this furor has created a shortage of risk takers, less overall capacity and enormous rate increases...

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Members in this Study Group include these company types:

  • Managed Care Health Insurer, Non-Profit
  • Managed Care Health Insurer, For-Profit
  • Blue Cross/Blue Shield Non-Profit Health Insurer
  • Consultancy, Healthcare-Focused
  • Non-Academic Community Hospital or Clinic
  • Nursing Home
  • Regional Brokerage

Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:

  • President
  • Director
  • Medical Director
  • Principal
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Chief Medical Officer
  • Consultant
  • Operations Executive