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How Much Does Health Care Cost? More Than You Can - or Want - to Imagine
What will it take to tame the monster? Each of us asking questions, pushing back on the system, objecting to outrageous pricing, and taking care of ourselves. Do your part: feed the Health Care Spending Blob a little less this month.
Prescription Drug Abuse - Progress In Sacramento
The abuse of high powered prescription pain medication is a public health crisis with workers' compensation implications.
Waiver Of Premium: The Unmanaged Liability
Why take the time to discuss waiver of premium liabilities? Because someone has to.
Insurers Win Big With Social Media
While insurers are off to a great start with social marketing, there is so much more that they can do to leverage the power of social media into sales.
The Great Recession And My Business
In order to maximize a family business' value and minimize taxes upon the owner's transition out of the business, the development of a Business Transition Plan is of paramount importance.
Outside Looking In
This article relates four common positions held by agency owners that create immovable and serious roadblocks to their agencies' success.
Have You Waived Your Right To Medical Control?
By proactively notifying an injured employee of their rights under California law and by scheduling a doctor's appointment for the injured employee when you are the first to receive of a claim, you can retain medical control with a minimum of effort, which is critical to the timely closure of any claim.
Employee Concentration Impacting Workers’ Compensation Renewals
When faced with a potentially challenging renewal and one that may be impacted by the uncertainty around the potential 2014 extension of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, what can you do? We recommend starting the renewal process early, at least 120 days (or more) prior to the policy or program effective date.
The New Pregnancy Disability Regulations - Clarity and Complexity
California's new pregnancy disability regulations were designed to provide employers with clarity, and in many cases, they do. Because of the complexity, however, they also create traps for those employers who fail to carefully plan and document pregnancy leaves.
How To Avoid Public Backlash Against Price Transparency
In the new movement away from managed care and toward manage-your-own-care, purchasers and payers are at a crossroads. They must take steps to educate their employees on how to select the best provider, including the weirdness of a market in which price tells you nothing about quality or vice-versa.

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Today's Featured Expert: Wendy Lynch

Wendy Lynch

Dr. Wendy Lynch is the Co-Director of the Center for Consumer Choice in Health Care at the Altarum Institute. She serves as Co-Director of the Center for Consumer Choice in Health Care at the Altarum Institute and runs her own consulting firm. She also holds an adjunct position of Associate Professor at IUPUI in Indianapolis.