MBGH Recognizes 5 Memphis-area Hospitals for "Best Odds of Survival"

Click here to read about MBGH's Leapfrog awards to 5 Memphis-area hospitals that have "best odds of survival" in the Memphis Daily News.

Click here to read the press release which talks about other Memphis-area findings from the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, including how Memphis hospitals compare to hospitals nationally on COST of care.

Memphis Employers Using Incentives & Data to Control Health Benefit Costs

Check out MBGH's comments on how Memphis-area employers are controlling health benefit costs through employee incentives and providing data to make informed choices. Click here to read the Memphis Business Journal article.

Work-Site Clinics Gaining Favor Over Retail Clinics

Read this good article that traces the development of retail walk-in clinics at pharmacies such as Walgreens, CVS and Kroger and compares, as well as their aggressive expansion into the world of "work-site " clinics. Both models are a reflection of pharmacies efforts to rebrand themselves as health & wellness companies. Both models are also focused on cutting employee and employer costs. Today, work-site clinics appear to have the most growth potential.

Get the latest on Retiree Reinsurance Program

Click here to check out Sebelius' address on retiree reinsurance program. Important information for employers!!

Curious About How Part-Time Employees Are Addressed in Health Rerform?

Click here to get the latest from MBGH on Health Reform. Latest addition to our resource center is a summary from Bass Berry & Sims about how part-time employees are addressed in health reform.

MBGH Presents on Health Reform to Tennessee Personnel Management Assoc.

Click here to check out MBGH's Health Reform presentation to the Tennessee Personnel Management Association on April 15, 2010 for a reminder on why there was such a push for health reform, how we got health reform, how what we got addressed the issues that pushed reform to happen, and some key provisions impacting employers.

Latest on How Employers Are Preparing (Reacting) to Health Reform

As the dust begins to settle on what actually was passed in health reform, employers are reacting and beginning to prepare to deal with what appears to lie ahead. Greatest concern is being voiced over extending dependent coverage to age 26; extending coverage to part-time employees that work 30 hours/week; caps on FSAs; and the elimination of tax deductability for Mediare Part D subsidies for retiree health plans and on lifetime and annual limits, all of which will increase employer costs.

But many say the version that passed is less onerous than previous versions with delays in implementation of controversial issues including the excise tax on "cadillac" plans and the inclusion of some positives in terms of payment & quality demonstrations. Plus, employers "dodged" the strong employer mandate that had been in the House bill.

In addition to all of these changes, and more, employers will take on additional administrative tasks, which, as we all know, end up costing employers significantly in compliance issues.

Read these two article to get a feel for how employers are preparing and reacting as the dust begins to settle.
Click here for "Employers Scamble to Catch Up with Health Reform's Immediate Impact" and here to read "Benefit Managers Eye Impact of Health Reforms".