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Posts Tagged ‘health insurance exchange’

Apolitical Tech Lessons from the Healthcare.gov Meltdown

When Healthcare.gov launched, it drew an understandably high number of initial users. Millions poured onto the site, but they weren’t able to sign up for insurance due to technical glitches. As an impartial observer, it was interesting to watch media outlets struggle to find even one person that was able to sign up successfully. The […]

Top 5 Technology Trends in Healthcare – September 2013

The healthcare IT field is rapidly developing and changing. Emerging technology and updated regulations put pressure on healthcare providers and health plans to stay ahead of the curve. Perficient creates a monthly list that explores some of the current topics and issues in health IT. This list examines the most talked about issues and technologies […]

The Exchanges are coming, the Exchanges are coming!

Are you making the most of it? Yes, I said Exchange, but will refer to them as Health Insurance Marketplaces (HIM). I know many have been working to get ready for the October 1st open enrollment, but have you been doing everything you can? In the past, sales of individual policies haven’t amounted to more […]

The Upcoming Health Insurance Conundrum: Does Anyone Win?

Monday morning news often leaves a bit to be desired. I usually scan several newspapers or websites to see what’s out there. I was surprised to see that the Wall Street Journal had a very interesting front page article on the upcoming insurance mandates for the uninsured population of the US. This article contends that […]

Top Technology Trends in Healthcare – June 2013

The healthcare IT field is rapidly developing and changing. Emerging technology and updated regulations put pressure on healthcare providers and health plans to stay ahead of the curve. Perficient creates a monthly list that explores some of the current topics and issues in health IT. This list examines the most talked about issues and technologies […]

Top 5 Technology Trends in Healthcare – April 2013

The healthcare IT field is rapidly developing and changing. Emerging technology and updated regulations put pressure on healthcare providers and health plans to stay ahead of the curve. Perficient creates a monthly list that explores some of the current topics and issues in health IT. This list examines the most talked about issues and technologies […]

News Flash: Healthcare Reform Is Working (with some help)

I recently read an article in the NY Times talking about an “unexplainable” sharp and persistent slowdown in the growth of healthcare costs. It has been followed by others, such as this one from USA Today, that have begun attempting to shed light on the reasons why. Contrary to the partisanship rhetoric from our lawmakers, […]

Top 5 Technology Trends in Healthcare – December 2012

The healthcare IT field is rapidly developing and changing. Emerging technology and updated regulations put pressure on healthcare providers and health plans to stay ahead of the curve. Perficient creates a monthly list that explores some of the current topics and issues in health IT. This list examines the most talked about issues and technologies […]

A New Year and top healthcare industry trends in 2012

Forecasting industry trends is a common theme at the beginning of a new year. PwC’s Health Research Institute recently polled 1,000 adult consumers and highlighted interesting findings for 2012. Some of the key trends noted in this survey were: 52% of consumers surveyed said they would be interested in an insurance plan that covered effective […]

Health Insurance Consumers: Let Them Eat Cake

Last week I read an article in TechCrunch called “Cake Health, The ‘Mint for Health Insurance’“. This article is about a new start up, called Cake Health of course, and it really got my attention. Cake Health aims to rid healthcare consumer of their headaches, and that’s quite a lofty business model considering the current […]

Strengthening Consumer Experience in a Post-Reform Insurance Market

As shown in a recent Forrester report, the health insurance industry faces a great deal of discontent from consumers. Of the 13 industries tracked by Forrester, health plans rank dead last in consumer experience. At the same time, the market for individual insurance coverage is growing. Reform will continue to accelerate this growth. In this […]