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We are seeing more activity to recompete currently outsourced deals and less initiative to outsource for the first time. I'd also say that, surprisingly, some larger organizations that outsourced functions years ago are revisiting the business case and evaluating insourcing those functions.

You should check the settlement terms and you will find the AWP adjustment applies to about 1442 NDCs. FDB and Medi-Span independent of the settlement announced they will adjust AWPs for all other NDCs who's markup is greater than 1.20 (about 15-20K NDCs).

I am not seeing a decrease or stoppage in outsourcing. I am seeing many clients revisiting the scope of services to determine if the scope should be expanded, if more focus should be given to further self-service functionality and how further productivity gains can be achieved. In some cases clients...

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Nay - 90% of health insurance decisions as well as many of the provider decisions are based on the federal tax code. You can change the entire health care arena by changing the code - in other words financial incentives work. The command and control leftists in charge of the federal government would never...

Socializing healthcare will be a disaster. If you want proof ask the Brits and Canadians.

Haven't listened to the podcast yet, but I'm really interested in how an event like this could put a sharp point on the whole presenteeism issue. It seems employers like to talk out of both sides of their mouth about curbing presenteeism. Sure spreading illness at the worksite will sink productivity,...

We have offered a flex debit card to our clients for two years now. The groups that offer this option have increased employee participation on average by 50 percent. Employees that have the flex debit card really love not having to submit claims and waiting for reimbursement. We only tie the card to...

We use Comsumer Choice Plans out of Paducah, KY as our TPA for all of our CDHPs and use a combination of HSA, HRA and FSA.

We offer one for our FSA and it has achieved near universal dislike. We find that the backend on pharmacies is spotty- resulting in the ability to use the card, with the caveat that receipts still have to be saved and turned in. Additionally, it seems that making this relatively painless and mindless...