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C:H Ink in Ernie Clevenger’s Weekly Newsletter

by Katherine on August 30, 2010

In  covering cost transparency trends in the self-funded community, Ernie Clevenger mentions change:healthcare in his weekly newsletter MyHealthGuide Newsletter.

Read the full article here: http://www.myhealthguide.com/news.htm#change:healthcare

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Nashville Technology Council Presentation

by Katherine on August 27, 2010

Light in the Darkness: How Information Will Create Transparency in Healthcare
Presentation Transcript
Miriam Paramore
SVP Strategy and Government Affairs at Emdeon
August 26, 2010

Presented at “The Naked Hospital – A Provocative Look at Healthcare” a Nashville Technology Council super roundtable event., Miriam Paramore of Emdeon, mentions change:healthcare in reference to cost transparency in the healthcare industry.

http://www.slideshare.net/nashtechcouncil/light-in-the-darkness-how-information-will-create-transparency-in-healthcare

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Employees Are Left with the Bill

Not the Government. Not the Employer.
In compliance with new health reform laws, employers are re-evaluating their health care benefits. In order to stay profitable as health care costs accelerate, “…more of the nation’s biggest businesses are planning to hike premiums and cost-sharing measures on their employees next year.”
Prices for health care vary. Becoming smarter healthcare [...]

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Transparency and Cost Reduction

I always appreciate words of wisdom from someone who has “been there, done that” and Christopher Parks recent guest post on Catalyst Healthcare Research blog – For the Record exemplifies his experience with and passion for healthcare.
In Healthcare Costs, Transparency and Feeling Vindicated Parks says, “… the lessons we’ve learned about transparency and healthcare are [...]

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Healthcare Costs, Transparency and Feeling Vindicated

Christopher Parks was the guest blogger on “For the Record” by Dan Prince, President of Catalyst Healthcare Research. Read his entry “Healthcare Costs, Transparency and Feeling Vindicated.“
http://www.catalysthealthcareresearch.com/learning-center/for-the-record/2010/08/17/healthcare-costs-transparency-and-feeling-vindicated/

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Christopher Parks Receives “Innovator Award”

CHANGE:HEALTHCARE CEO TO RECEIVE “INNOVATOR AWARD”
FOR WORK IN CONSUMER DIRECTED HEALTHCARE (CDHC) AND BENEFITS INDUSTRIES

NASHVILLE, Tenn., (August 9, 2010) – The Chief Executive Officer of Nashville-based cost transparency company change:healthcare, Christopher Parks, has been picked to receive an “Innovator Award” from national health and benefits magazine CDHC Solutions.
The accolade is part of the magazine’s [...]

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New Address

We have moved just down the street into a new office space in Maryland Farms business park in Brentwood, TN. Please take note of our new address:
change:healthcare
12 cadillac drive, suite 240
brentwood, tn 37027
800-655-0732
615-523-1255
info@changehealthcare.com

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You CAN Negotiate

Kaiser Health News, in collaboration with the Los Angeles Times, recently wrote a brief piece on a cost-saving service change:healthcare has been encouraging consumers to do all along: negotiate the price of service with your doctor’s office, especially if you can’t afford the amount they’re billing you for. The article advises taking the following steps:

Understand [...]

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NEW STUDIES CONFIRM CHANGE:HEALTHCARE’S FOCUS ON TRANSPARENCY AS WAY TO REDUCE HEALTHCARE COSTS

Consumers seek more healthcare cost information to make prudent, cost-effective purchases
BRENTWOOD, Tenn., (July 29, 2010) – With healthcare spending expected to increase dramatically over the next decade, two recent studies by the Society of Actuaries confirm what healthcare technology company change:healthcare has been saying all along. Transparency would be a boon to helping patients and [...]

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Change is on the Horizon

For three years now, change:healthcare has had the goal to help people save money on their healthcare expenses.  We want to help lots of people – as many as possible. We won’t say we’ve found the magic sauce (we’ll leave that to journalists like those at the New York Times, but we will say that [...]

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