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Managed Care
January 2001 |
More HMOs to fold, consolidate in 2001 More than six dozen HMOs have characteristics that put them in danger of going out of business, according to projections by InterStudy publications...   |
Managed Care
April 2000 |
Fallout from the "new economy": claims payment slower than ever A new InterStudy Publications report says HMOs relied heavily on investor funds during the 1990s to cover medical and operational expenses, and premiums alone were not enough. The resulting cash crunch means health plans are taking longer than ever to pay claims... |
Managed Care
February 2001 |
2001 Could Be Good Year For Managed Care Industry Median earnings for managed care organizations are expected to grow 17 percent this year, according to a forecast by Merrill Lynch. The report suggests that while enrollment increases will remain tepid, well-positioned companies will benefit from increased market share... |
Managed Care
November 2000 |
Expect Premium Hikes To Top 10 Percent in '01 Health plan premium increases are again cracking double digits, according to two important gauges of benefit costs... |
IndustryWeek
August 18, 2010
Wilbur Reid |
Consider This -- Why Companies Need a Chief Pricing Officer In the new order, the rise of strategic pricing roles such as a chief pricing officer and supporting pricing team will help companies achieve strong financial performance. |
BusinessWeek
December 6, 2004
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S.: The Coming Battle Between Profits And Prices Pricing power is rising, but so are costs, and that will soon squeeze margins. |
Managed Care
July 2002
Frank Diamond |
Premium Hikes: No Cause for Celebration Lost market share and further erosion of public trust will be the long-term by-products of this short-term solution. |
Managed Care
February 2001 |
Employers more willing to pass benefit costs along Facing significant increases in health-benefit costs, employers appear less willing to bite the bullet than in the past -- and are passing many of those increases on to workers... |
Registered Rep.
November 20, 2012
Alan Lavine |
Lock into Long-Term Care with Hybrid Policies Combining life insurance and annuities with long-term care policies can protect against premium hikes or the risk of never making a claim. Here's how to make sure they are right for your clients. |
Knowledge@Wharton
June 4, 2003 |
Choosing the Wrong Pricing Strategy Can Be a Costly Mistake Two professors in Wharton's marketing department say devising appropriate pricing strategies is more critical than ever in a world of hyper-competition. Pricing strategies also take on added importance at a time when central bankers and economists are concerned about deflation. |
Managed Care
April 2001
Frank Diamond |
Why HMOs Could Thrive In the Economic Downturn It happened in the slump of the early 1990s, and it could very well happen again. Managed care feasts while other industries starve. People will still get sick, even in bad times... |
The Motley Fool
September 26, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
P&C Insurance Feeling the Squeeze It appears competition is starting to heat up in the property and casualty insurance sector, which may change the low pricing many of these companies have enjoyed. |
IndustryWeek
April 21, 2010 |
Consider This -- Using Pricing as a Competitive Advantage Here are three tried and tested pricing strategies to help manufacturing companies climb to the top of the heap in this time of economic recovery. |
Managed Care
August 2006 |
Slowdown in Premium Increase Expected to Continue Into 2007 The only thing falling in terms of health care costs seems to be the rate of increase of premiums - good news for employers and other purchasers. |
The Motley Fool
June 20, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Stocks to Sell When Inflation Strikes Higher costs hurt the bottom line for companies with no pricing power. |
BusinessWeek
November 3, 2003
Rich Miller |
What Happened To Deflation? The fears are gone -- and whispers about future inflation have surfaced. But the pricing power that's emerging may be just what U.S. business needs. |
Managed Care
November 1999
Richard Hamer |
Goals 2000: For HMOs: Administrative Retooling For MDs: Managerial Competency ...While HMOs retrench, physicians need to become more constructive participants.... |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2010
J. Scott Slater |
On Beyond AUM More advisors should look to drive additional revenue from charging separate fees for value-added services. |
CFO
June 1, 2011
Russ Banham |
The Price Is (More) Right Improved technology -- and leadership from finance -- may help companies optimize their margins. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Price Check on Manufacturing A benchmarking survey polled more than 500 pricing professionals in manufacturing, distribution and industrial services to shed light on their methods, perceptions and trends in pricing practices and capabilities. |
Inc.
May 1, 2000
Norm Brodsky |
The Case for Higher Prices Street Smarts: It's harder than ever to get customers to accept price increases, thanks mainly to Alan Greenspan. But you're making a mistake if you don't raise prices on a regular basis. |
Managed Care
November 2005 |
Hmos More Solvent and Stable -- for Now With mergers and consolidations leading the way, there were fewer, and better run, companies with improved underwriting discipline. |
Managed Care
February 2002 |
Where HMOs go head to head Almost three quarters (74.2 percent) of the 72.3 million HMO members in metropolitan areas are in large markets... |
Managed Care
November 2000 |
For first time ever, HMO enrollment drops in 1999 National HMO enrollment fell by 400,000 last year, from its all-time high of 81.3 million. For at least two years, a wider array of managed care products and an ever-smaller pool of people still covered under indemnity plans slowed the rate of HMO enrollment growth... |
Managed Care
March 2000 |
Headlines on Deadline... Congressional Budget Office estimate of employer premium increase from Bipartisan Managed Care Improvement Act... Dot MD, the first internet vanity domain... etc. |
CRM
May 1, 2008
Christopher Musico |
Tech Solution: Price Optimization Tools Use technology to help you price products and services to stay competitive while still ensuring profitability. |
Managed Care
July 2000 |
Bed days higher in smaller markets? Not with commercial plans When it comes to hospitalization, patients in cities have long spent less time in hospital beds than those in smaller markets. New data suggest this is still true for Medicare and Medicaid members -- but where commercial plans are concerned, the mean days-per-thousand figure was lowest in small markets. |
CRM
November 15, 2004
Laura Preslan |
Take the Chaos Out of Pricing It is possible to take price management from disparate to optimized. Once the price strategy is documented the remaining decisions become much easier to make, because they are tied to the strategy. |
Managed Care
September 2005 |
HMO Profits up, But at a Much Slower Rate Overall, the HMOs' profits increased 10.7 percent in 2004, according to data collected from 515 managed care organizations. |
The Motley Fool
August 23, 2004
Roger Nusbaum |
A Primer on Stagflation Take a look at a worst-case scenario for the markets. Slowing growth and rising interest rates make a bad combination. |
BusinessWeek
January 10, 2005
Glenn Hubbard |
A Gold Medal For The Fed's Inflation Fighters The Federal Reserve's 20-year successful effort to rid the U.S. economic system of inflation is something Americans should value. |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2004 |
Whole Life vs. Term Life Whole and term are the two main forms of life insurance you should understand. Buy the kind of insurance that makes the most sense for you. |
Managed Care
May 2002
Sharon Baker |
Self-Funded HMOs on the Rise Escalating premiums, changing attitudes play a role in employers' decision to take on the same thing that burned many physicians: financial risk |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
From Parts Unknown How to identify what might be missing from your parts pricing strategy. |
Managed Care
January 2002 |
To Save Money, Employers Reduce Number of Plans Offered to Workers The days of employers scrambling to provide a choice of health benefits packages to lure and keep employees may be ending. The New York Times reports that large companies across the country are sharply reducing the number of HMOs they offer... |
BusinessWeek
March 7, 2005
Cooper & Madigan |
Is That a Whiff of Inflation? The forces that have held inflation back are starting to move in another direction. And 2005 will offer a crucial test of just how much our new age of global competition can continue to keep price pressures under wraps. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Will Goldilocks Win the Inflation Debate? The Treasury market points to a smooth ride, but there's a hitch. |
The Motley Fool
September 23, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Why Inflation Drives You Mad And why you're wrong about it. |
BusinessWeek
March 8, 2004
Miller et al. |
Prices: How High Is Up? Thanks in large part to exploding demand from China, two decades of low inflation are ending. But that's no cause for panic |
CIO
January 26, 2012
Kim S. Nash |
Pricing Done Right Setting prices is a strategic decision that needs C-level attention. Your profits depend on it. |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 6, 2003
Jonathan Byrnes |
Managing Profitability: One Year Later The most important issue facing managers in this difficult economy is making more money from the existing business without costly new initiatives. The author revisits this assertion from a year ago. |
The Motley Fool
February 12, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Another 1990s Economic Explosion? So says the White House in their prediction of growth and inflation for the next few years. |
BusinessWeek
April 26, 2004
Christopher Farrell |
Why The Specter Of Inflation Shouldn't Scare Investors In this recovery, higher prices could signal pricing power -- and a boost in profits |
The Motley Fool
November 6, 2009
Amanda B. Kish |
Inflation Is Coming, Sooner or Later What can investors do to proactively stave off inflation? Well, many of the traditional measures we turn to may not work quite as neatly as we would believe. |
CFO
December 1, 2009
Vincent Ryan |
Price Fixing With economic recovery on the horizon, it's time to revisit the wisdom of rock-bottom prices. |
Finance & Development
March 2010
Ceyda Oner |
Back to Basics: What Is Inflation? It may be one of the most familiar words in economics. What, then, is inflation, and why is it so important? |
