Sometimes It's the Little Things--The NCQA Announces an Agreement Between Providers and Payers to Better Pay for the Quality of Care

Particularly in this election season we tend to focus on the big health care reform plans. It is natural to want to see a big fix to a big problem. But everyday things are going on in the market that can make a difference. Make no mistake, these good works will not replace the need for systemic health care reform but it would be wrong to think just big policy changes are the only answer.A case in

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Biggest Employers Propose Their Own Health Care Reform Plan––Moving Toward Individual-Based Benefits

The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) has proposed a far-reaching reform of not only the health insurance system but the employer-provided retirement system as well.They call for the movement of these important benefit plans from the workplace to individual ownership and responsibility.The group represents many of America's largest employers and covers 30 million people in their benefit plans.They

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