Affordable and Efficient Covid-19 Testing as a Model for Free-Market Healthcare

A Self-pay ENT Practice Offers Testing When Options are Scarce Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, an ENT in Houston, Texas and owner of BreatheMD, credits her unique business model for enabling Covid-19 testing for her patients in the early days of the pandemic. In March 2020, when people were scrambling to find Covid-testing, the only option […]

New NextGen Benefits program to certify high-performance health care vendors

New NextGen Benefits program to certify high-performance health care vendors NextGen Benefits and Health Rosetta, which provide a revolutionary new model for health care benefits, are creating massive disruption in employer-sponsored health care. How can the progressive NextGen and Rosetta advisers select with confidence the high-performance vendors for their NextGen/Rosetta health plans? Thanks to the […]

2021 Trends to Watch

At least the predictions for 2021 have a good chance to appear more accurate than last year, right? As the ratio of vaccinated people we know gradually surpasses those that suffered from COVID-19, it seems like a good time to look ahead and see what trends may be worthy of watching. Here are two transitions […]

The Texas Medical Management, Spotlight on A Validated Program

The Texas Medical Management (TMM) team is excited to have its patient outcome measurement validated, further demonstrating the positive impact our program has on our patients’ lives. TMM surgeons and facilities are peer selected based on their excellent reputation in the surgical community. With a mission of providing excellent patient outcomes at fair and transparent […]

Validation Institute Verifies Health Performance Claims Of 9 Vendor Programs through Objective, Third-Party Process

Woburn, MA. – (January 22, 2021) – Validation Institute (VI), an independent, objective, 3rd party organization focused on changing health care, is pleased to announce nine programs have successfully completed validation during the last quarter of 2020. “Validation Institute is committed to making it easier for employers to identify and work with high performance health […]

Specialty Care Value

By shortening the wait for specialty care, the UberDoc service may reduce theneed for emergency and inpatient hospital care. A study of Geisinger Health Plan members found that people waiting for a specialist visit use emergencyand inpatient hospital care 8.7 times more in the 30 days before their visits compared to a person who is […]

Validation Institute financially guarantees MedEncentive saves healthcare costs

Woburn, MA and Oklahoma City – January 12, 2021 – Validation Institute, an independent, third-party organization formed to evaluate population health and cost-containment vendor claims of efficacy, has announced that it has certified the MedEncentive Mutual Accountability and Information Therapy (MAIT) Program, a web-based, mobile-enabled service that employs a patented, aligned-incentive mechanism, as one of […]

Validation Institute Announces Credibility Guarantee

Woburn, MA  – (December 1, 2020) – Validation Institute (VI), an independent, objective, third party organization focused on changing health care, is pleased to announce a unique, powerful Credibility Guarantee aimed at helping employers easily identify high-performing health care solution providers. Validation Institute now offers the customers of our validated solution providers up to a […]

Looking back on 2020 and Looking Ahead to 2021

We live in perhaps the most dynamic time in the history of modern healthcare, a statement that should come as little surprise to anyone observing or interacting with the industry around us. As 2020 nears its end, welcomed by many after such a harrowing year, the opportunity to take stock in healthcare progress may be […]

Validation Institute Announces Partnership with BioIQ to Validate Results of Its Healthcare Testing

Woburn, MA – (September 24, 2020) – Validation Institute announced today a new partnership with BioIQ for first-of-its-kind medical testing validation. This partnership will validate the impact of screening and diagnostic testing, providing clarity in decision-making for employers, insurers, TPAs/brokers, communities, and consumers. The institute furthers the 15-year mission of BioIQ, the only aggregator of […]

Validation Institute Verifies Health Performance Claims Of 3 Additional Vendor Programs through Objective, Third-Party Process

Portsmouth, N.H. – (September 10, 2020) – Validation Institute (VI), an independent, objective, 3rd party organization focused on changing health care, is pleased to announce three programs have successfully completed validation over the course of the summer. “Validation Institute tests the accuracy of health care performance claims by health care vendors making it easier for […]

Specialty Health Care Options in the Time of COVID

The COVID-19 Pandemic has caused unprecedented disruption to every facet of our daily lives. We are adapting to a new life of working remotely and being social while social distancing. The current pandemic has also exposed weaknesses in the health care system. The pressure applied to the health care system as a result of COVID […]

Resilience in a Post-COVID Economy; Bringing Healthcare Benefits best practices to Improve Safety and Quality and to Reduce Cost

Guest Blog Provided by Brad Dumke, EquityHealth Pre-COVID, the US healthcare insurance and delivery model had been very inconsistent.  High-value, patient centric providers and plans are out there.  But avoidable harm and waste, overtreatment, overspending, and surprise medical bills have become accepted as the norm. When you see the numbers, they’re absolutely staggering.  Virtually all […]