How the VA Is Using Analytics to Improve Veteran Care
Find out how the Veterans Affairs Department, which maintains the largest integrated health care system in the country, uses data to fine-tune its services.
Healthcare
Open Enrollment Price Increases and Reminders
Open enrollment is just around the corner (have you prepared yet? If not, check out my suggestions here on getting ready). And like they do every year, premiums will be going up. But, there is some good news!
Quality Over Quantity: Incentivizing Better, Affordable Healthcare
In order to make our healthcare system better, providers need to get away from an emphasis on the quantity of services delivered and move towards recognizing and rewarding quality, high-value care.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Not only are women affected by this cancer, men are too. Entire communities feel the effects. Let us advocate for and with them.
FSA OR HSA? WHICH WILL SAVE YOU MORE MONEY THIS OPEN SEASON?
Don’t just re-enroll in the health plan you’ve been using for years. Reflect on the HDHP + HSA advantages which can dramatically improve your present and future financial life.
How Northern Kentucky Is Fighting the Opioid Epidemic
Northern Kentucky Independent District Health Department uses its $16.3 million budget to fund programs that prevent disease, promote wellness and protect against health threats.
Meet the Govie Making Life Easier for Today’s Veterans
Rory Cooper has dedicated his professional life to crafting technologies that help veterans live life to the fullest.
4 Ways to Make the Case for Customer Experience
If government employees think CX is important, why isn’t it taking off in individual agencies? How can the public sector better meet – even exceed – the expectations of citizen users?
The ACEs of Suicide Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates an American takes his or her own life every 16 minutes and that suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the United States. If you are observant and brave enough to ask someone that seems to be depressed if they are thinking of killing themselves,… Read more »
Early Preparation for Open Enrollment
The health insurance open enrollment period – which will take place from November 1 to December 15 this year – is still months away, but that doesn’t mean you can’t start preparing yourself now for making a decision about what coverage you might want when the time comes.