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CEOs/HR Execs Facing Personal Liability: Dereliction of Fiduciary Duties Triggering Labor Dept Investigations

Dave Chase | LinkedIn | September 30, 2016

The first shots across the bow have been fired highlighting how benefits leaders need to pay as close attention to health benefits as they have been paying to retirement plans. The most recent lawsuits name the HR leaders in the companies involved (GAP and CB&I) as defendants since they are listed as the plan administrator (sometimes CFOs are the plan administrators). It’s clear that there is going to be the increased scrutiny for health benefits that has been commonplace for retirement benefits. For example, you can Google “ERISA class action” to find the many cases surrounding retirement benefits going after plan administrators for failing in their fiduciary duties. Similar cases in healthcare could have as far-reaching implications as Obamacare in driving employers to health benefits that deliver value...

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Health 3.0: A Vision to Unbreak Healthcare

Dave Chase | Forbes | September 26, 2016

Healthcare is broken. Few argue this point. Dr. Zubin Damania (aka “ZDoggMD”) is releasing an anthem to unbreak healthcare – it’s a parody of Eminem’s critically acclaimed Lose Yourself, with a call to build Health 3.0. ZDoggMD has become an Internet sensation with his musical parodies and characters such as Dr. House of Cards and Doc Vader approaching 100 million views on Facebook and YouTube. Many consider Lose Yourself to be one of the greatest hip hop songs of all time.

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Hospital CEOs Behaving Badly And The Devastating Consequences On The Middle Class

Dave Chase | Forbes | August 26, 2016

When big health insurers propose mergers, it makes for good antitrust enforcement theater to try to block them. However, if government officials want to address anti-competitive activities that have a dramatically bigger impact, they should shift their focus to local market provider M&A activity that consistently show prices increase after the deal is done. However, the most rapacious, anti-competitive practices I’ve seen in my entire career have come from hospitals–frequently from tax-exempt “nonprofits” that would make John D. Rockefeller blush with their brutal actions. The combined impact has created a middle class economic depression that has driven populist presidential campaign success, which was highlighted in a recently released Brookings study.

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The Annual Health Benefits Kabuki Dance Has Created the Greatest Heist in American History

Dave Chase | LinkedIn Pulse | October 1, 2016

The data is clear that the middle class is in an economic depression because of looks like a breach of fiduciary duty by their employers. This has created the strangest election in my lifetime -- look no further than 1930s Germany to see the effects of sustained economic duress on a citizenry. Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders represent the primal screams of the American middle class that is at least 95% driven by healthcare's unnecessary and easily avoided hyperinflation. It's stupefying how companies that will rigorously check whether there's a receipt for a $58 dinner an employee reported, will blindly squander millions unnecessarily on healthcare.

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8th Annual Medicaid Innovations 2017

Event Details
Type: 
Conference
Date: 
February 1, 2017 (All day) - February 3, 2017 (All day)
Location: 
Omni Champions Gate Orlando, FL
United States

The Eighth Annual Medicaid Innovations Forum, February 1-3, 2017, Orlando, promises to offer a unique combination of forward-thinking perspectives including first-hand case studies and examples of true innovation from both Medicaid managed care plans and state government agencies. This event, which gathers hundreds of representatives from states, health plans, and solution providers in one room year after year, goes beyond policy to explore the specific strategies these organizations are leveraging to improve quality of care, reduce costs, and position themselves for success in serving the rapidly expanding Medicaid population. Rich with panel discussions and case studies the program also features industry veterans and experts who will showcase solutions and opportunities for transformation critical to Medicaid professionals today...