Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2012

It has trained more than 700 unskilled and displaced workers for well-paid jobs with defined career ladders in the biotech and health care sectors. It has also upgraded the skills of more than 1,000 incumbent workers in the health care, hospitality, property services, automotive services, and green industries.

Skills 8

Skills Company Health Care Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2013

The traditional fee-for-service reimbursement model is widely acknowledged to be a major driver of escalating health care costs. Harvard Pilgrim agreed to join the effort because it recognized that traditional payment models were unlikely to help control rising health care costs. The Motives of the Pilot’s Members.

Insurance 8

Insurance Health Care How To Price 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2015

” Its signatories include United Health Care’s Optum subsidiary, Aetna, virtually all the major wellness companies, and Mercer, the largest benefits consulting firm. It is even possible to see a rise in ER and urgent care services.” HERO calculates gross savings as $0.99

Health Care 8

Health Care ROI Case Study Morale 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2014

On one level, they need to learn and implement basic business essentials such as financial management and human resource development. Management expertise from the private sector has been crucial to that result, bringing about better health care delivery ? Pursue scientific innovation.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Health Care Self-aware Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

companies manage their supply chains with diligence to ensure suppliers meet their standards for quality and affordability, but the vast majority don’t behave in this fashion when purchasing health care services. Here’s how most employers deal with the health care services they offer their employees and their dependents.

Health Care 8

Health Care Supply Chain Price Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Among the many changes ushered in with the new health care law is the shift to value-based purchasing, which ties a system’s Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements to the quality of the services it provides. Both are core criteria in meeting incentive goals under value-based purchasing. Hospital systems in the U.S.

Health Care 8

Health Care Quality System Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2014

The more proactive stance toward health they have established feeds off of itself and enhances employee lives, even while reducing future costs. For the organizations in our study, this translates into average annual health care cost increases of 1 to 2 percent compared to the 7 percent national average. How have they done this?

Health Care 8

Health Care Human Resources Crisis Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

Can wellness programs help employers reduce out-of-control health care costs? The current ROI debate has focused on whether one type of wellness program, lifestyle management (diet, exercise, and lifestyle changes), can reduce health care claims and lead to lower costs. The answer, most emphatically, is yes.

ROI 8

ROI Health Care Company Competitive Advantage 8