Why Nobody Believes the Numbers introduces a unique viewpoint to population health outcomes measurement: Results/ROIs should be presented as they are, not as we wish they would be. This viewpoint contrasts sharply with vendor/promoter/consultant claims along two very important dimensions: (1) Why Nobody Believes presents outcomes/ROIs achievable right here on this very planet… (2) …calculated using actual data rather than controlled substances. Indeed, nowhere in healthcare is it possible to find such sharply contrasting worldviews, methodologies, and grips on reality. Why Nobody Believes the Numbers includes 12 case studies of vendors, carriers, and consultants who were apparently playing hooky the day their teacher covered fifth-grade math, as told by an author whose argument style can be so persuasive that he was once able to convince a resort to sell him a timeshare. The book's lesson: no need to believe what your vendor tells you -- instead you can estimate your own savings using “ingredients you already have in your kitchen.” Don't be intimidated just because you lack a PhD in biostatistics, or even a Masters, Bachelor's, high-school equivalency diploma or up-to-date inspection sticker. Why Nobody Believes the Numbers explains how to determine if the ROIs are real...and why they usually aren't. You'll learn how to: <ul>
<li>Figure out whether you are "moving the needle" or just crediting a program with changes that would have happened anyway</li> <li>Judge whether the ROIs your vendors report are plausible or even arithmetically possible</li> <li>Synthesize all these insights into RFPs and contracts that truly hold vendors accountable for results</li> </ul>

Why Nobody Believes the Numbers: Distinguishing Fact from Fiction in Population Health Management

Business & Money

Lewis, Al

Insurance

wiley

Cracking Health Costs reveals the best ways for companies and small businesses to fight back, right now, against rising health care costs. This book proposes multiple, practical steps that you can take to control costs and increase the effectiveness of the health benefit. The book is all about rolling back health care costs to save companies and employees money. Working hand-in-hand with their employees, businesses need to ensure that, whenever feasible, employees with the most expensive diagnoses get optimal treatment at hospitals not practicing “volume-driven” medicine for higher profits. Less than 10% of employees incur 80% of costs. About 20% of patients have been completely misdiagnosed, while many others are simply the victims of surgeons who are either practicing bad medicine or overtreating for profit. For example, some companies, such as Walmart and Lowe’s, are turning to the “Centers of Excellence” approach author Tom Emerick helped to pioneer while running benefits for Walmart. By determining which hospitals are adopting the highest standards of care, benefits managers can reduce the number of unnecessary high-cost surgeries and improve employees’ overall health. The solution-based approach offered by the book is unique, because it can be implemented by businesses today.

Cracking Health Costs: How to Cut Your Company's Health Costs and Provide Employees Better Care

Emerick, Tom

What does Leroy Lewis, (leader of the mid-60's group "The TSU Toronadoes" who recorded the music for "Tighten Up" behind Archie Bell &amp; the Drells), Allison Lewis (founder of Allison &amp; South Funk Blvd and the writer of the funk classic "Skyin' High") and Al Lewis (pastor and founder of Restoration UMC and the Imani New Life Recovery program) have in common? Find out in this detailed autobiography. This is the story of the man behind it all the dream that burned within.

The Hidden Man: The Story of An Unfulfilled Dream (Black & White Edition)

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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Economics

Morgan James Pub

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