Archive for July, 2010

A Great Column in “The Atlantic”

Friday, July 30th, 2010

David Goldhill wrote an article for the The Atlantic titled “How American Healthcare Killed my Father”. In the article, he uses his father’s death from infection in a NY hospital to discuss healthcare reform and consumerism. David is a self-professed Democrat but he is concerned about reform’s effort to disassociate consumerism from the healthcare service [...]
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Costs are Rising: You need Compass!

Friday, July 30th, 2010

The most recent healthcare article on CNN announces dramatic increases in employee healthcare costs this year: http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/19/news/economy/healthcare_openenrollment_changes/index.htm.
While no-one wants to see healthcare costs continuing to increase, you can prepare and protect yourself against these changes when you use Compass as your guide. We are only the only service with the market intelligence and [...]
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Compass Stance on Recent Health Reform Legislation

Friday, July 30th, 2010

The recent health reform legislation will continue to alter the landscape of an already dynamic healthcare system. While companies face the regulatory compliance challenges that the legislation brings, it is important that they do not take their eye off of three major healthcare trends:
(1) Costs will continue to rise
(2) Quality will continue to be [...]
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Compass in Recent Insure.com Article

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Compass Chief Medical Officer, Eric Bricker, MD was recently interviewed for an article on Insure.com on how patients can talk to their doctor about medical costs. Go here to read the article and learn how to talk to doctors about lower cost medications, tests and procedures: http://www.insure.com/articles/healthinsurance/etiquette-of-asking-for-price-breaks-and-free-drugs.html

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Castlight Health Receives Major Funding for Price-Transparency

Friday, July 30th, 2010

A recent article in the New York Times (http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/bringing-comparison-shopping-to-the-doctors-office/?scp=1&sq=castlight,%20price-transparency&st=csedescribes) describes how Castlight Health has raised over $80 million to create a healthcare price-transparency solution for employers and individuals. 
Compass has been providing a healthcare price-transparency solution to employers for three years and Castlight Health raised $80 million to try to do what Compass is doing.  Prominent venture capitalists [...]
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Man found in Wash. orchard fire is homicide victim – Olympian

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Lt. Joe Lusignan said Thursday the victim, believed to be in his early to mid-30s, died from a shotgun blast to the chest. The fire late Tuesday burned less than an acre on the orchard property owned by …
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Escapee’s undoing? Shorts – Omaha World-Herald

Friday, July 30th, 2010

A Nebraska man who escaped from authorities in a hospital gown and long pants is probably wishing he hadn’t changed into shorts. A convenience store clerk in eastern Colorado who recognized the tattoo on Jacob Wolsleben …
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Rudd Refusing to Campaign on National Issues With Gillard, Australian Says – Bloomberg

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Kevin Rudd won’t be cooperating with Prime Minister Julia Gillard to campaign on national issues ahead of the Aug. 21 election, the Australian newspaper reported on its website. Rudd will campaign only on …
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Florham Park man receives leadership award from St. Barnabas Hospital – Chatham Courier

Friday, July 30th, 2010

FLORHAM PARK — Richard S. Panush, chairman of the department of medicine at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, has been selected to receive the Lester Z. Lieberman Leadership Award for Humanism in …
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Kearney heart center gets $1M gift – Omaha World-Herald

Friday, July 30th, 2010

KEARNEY – A $1 million gift will establish the Ron and Carol Cope Heart Center at Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. The Heart Center will include new cardiac catheterization labs, a full non-invasive cardiovascular …
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