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Alternative Healthcare Solutions
This issue of the Healthcare Savings Chronicle features articles from a few of the companies in the forefront of the healthcare marketplace. We hope you find these articles informative and instructive.
Coalition America provides a number of solutions for controlling healthcare costs. To explore these solutions, please contact me at (404) 459-7201 ext 5350.
Wally Ward
Vice President,
Sales and Services
DISCLAIMER: Statements or opinions expressed in the articles of this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or positions of Coalition America,Inc., The Healthcare Savings Chronicle, its officers, directors, or staff.
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Power to the Patient
Teaching Employees to Make Better Health Care Decisions
www.HealthyLife.com
by Don R. Powell, Ph.D.
President and CEO
American Institute for Preventive Medicine
The High Cost of Healthcare
In 2006, the cost of healthcare in the United States totaled about $2.0 trillion, representing 16% of the gross domestic product.1 In addition, companies paid an average of $8,343 per employee for healthcare costs compared to $7,634 in 2005 (Hewitt Associates, 2006). This represented a 9% increase in costs.2
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Performance Health Management Results
by Scott MacStravic, Ph.D.
In October 2006, one of the largest suppliers of PHM interventions reported its results based on 175,000 employees who participated in its programs. [“Revolutionizing Behavior Change: Achieving and Measuring Productivity Improvements” HealthMedia.com Oct 11, 2006].
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Alternatives in Health Care Are A Foundation of Our System Today
www.cdhcc.com
by Bill Atkinson
CDHCC/TETHIC Content Director
The nation’s healthcare system is and always has been full of alternative methods of treatment. From the leeches of Colonial days to the midwives of the prairie, from the small-town doc to the multi-campus medical centers – the system we know and use today is built on a foundation of alternatives in care management.
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ORGANIZATIONS OF INTEREST
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