Radical Thought on End-of-Life Care By Stephen Ambrose What if someone dying from cancer was offered a cash settlement for end-of-life care, in lieu of heroic, expensive attempts at a cure?
Triathlete’s View on Workplace Wellness By Al Lewis Athletes should love wellness programs because they win rewards for doing things they're already doing. But....
10 Most Dangerous Wellness Programs By Al Lewis One of the 10 wellness plans relies on drugs specifically discouraged by the AMA. Another is 100% guaranteed to harm the workforce.
14 ICD-10 Codes That Defy Belief By Eugene Feygin Some of the new ICD-10 codes illustrate the totally bizarre ways in which people manage to injure themselves.
Shifting ‘Healthcare’ to ‘Well Care’ By Craig Hasday Today's healthcare is a losing battle. Incentives are completely misaligned. The solution is a switch to "well care."
Simplifying Enrollment for Optional Products Insurers can increase the opt-in for optional products like disability by streamlining the enrollment process with modern technology.
The Destructive Search for an Elixir of Life By Tom Emerick The millennia-old search for an elixir of life continues, with no prospect for success -- and at enormous cost to the healthcare system.
Novel Controls on Physician Dispensing In the cat-and-mouse game over physician dispensing of drugs (which can extend treatment and inflate prices), Nevada may have the answer.
The Promise of Continuous Underwriting By Bill Deemer Bobby Touran Typically, a risk is underwritten, bound... and forgotten. But new streams of data and automation allow for continuous underwriting.
Convergence and the Insurance Ecosystem By Stephen Applebaum Alan Demers Companies must anticipate the future, innovate beyond their core and transform their capabilities as rapidly as technology allows.
Lemonade's 'Synthetic Agent' Nonsense By Matteo Carbone Desperate for growth, Lemonade produces another howler: A lender receiving a 16% interest rate is presented as a (synthetic) agent.
Auto Insurance in an Existential Crisis By Stephen Applebaum Alan Demers The 125-year-old, $300 billion U.S. auto insurance industry is caught between runaway inflation and strained consumer wallets.