Archive for Evaluation Tools

  • 2013 Survey 2013 Survey

    The Towers Watson/National Business Group on Health 2013 Employer Survey on Purchasing Value in Health Care is available on line.  This 30+ page summary of their survey is a must read.  We have mentioned it in our June newsletter as well and wanted to provide a link to it here. These two highl...

  • Consumer Reports Bluebook on Healthcare Pricing Consumer Reports Bluebook on Healthcare Pricing

    You and your employees may benefit from accessing this information.  Consumer Reports, in association with many other reputable sources, has compiled a "bluebook" for healthcare pricing.   The data they have compiled can be searched by zip code and type of service to find the average fee accepted...

  • NASCAR, On-site Clinics, and Medicine NASCAR, On-site Clinics, and Medicine

    Forbes had a recent article that we should all read and re-read about one of the key innovators in medicine, Dr. Harlan Krumholz of Harvard, labeling him as one of the most powerful doctors "you never heard of."  We will pardon their misuse of the preposition at the end of their description, bu...