Let's Talk Health Care

Weekly Radio Segment – Access America

Eric’s weekly radio segment – click here to listen. At Harvard Pilgrim, we recently unveiled a new venture called Access America. it’s a creative approach to providing our employers who have employees located in other states the door to an extensive national health care network no matter where in the…

Weekly Radio Segment – Premiums

Eric’s weekly radio segment – click here to listen. Setting health insurance rates is always a challenging proposition that is influenced by a number of factors. For instance, insurers across the nation have seen a major reduction in the use of medical services. Why? Most likely due to the weak…

Weekly Radio Segment – Financial Safety Net

Eric’s weekly radio segment – click here to listen Recently, there’s been talk of limiting the amount of financial reserves that Massachusetts health insurers are allowed to carry. While this may sound like a good idea, it’s not; reserves provide a safety net that ensures hospitals and physicians get paid…

Weekly Radio Segment – “Boston Moves For Health” Initiative

Eric’s weekly radio segment – click here to listen. While obesity remains a major public health issue, researchers at our Harvard Pilgrim Institute brought us some good news this week from a regional study that shows declining obesity rates in very young children. Finally, the hard work from innovative public…

Weekly Radio Segment – Provider Price Reform

Eric’s Weekly Radio Segment – Click here to listen Last week, the special Commission on Provider Price Reform put a spotlight on the problem of high prices charged by hospitals and physician groups that wield excessive market power. They recommended a series of strategies to fix this major cost driver. …

Weekly Radio Segment – Provider Strategy

Click Here To Listen to Eric’s Weekly Radio Segment. At Harvard Pilgrim, we’re working with physicians to develop new care delivery models. This collaborative effort aims to improve patient care, streamline decision making and take waste out of the health care system. One program focuses on Orthopedic care. When working closely with…

Harvard Pilgrim Named #1 Private Health Plan in America*

Harvard Pilgrim has been named the #1 private health plan in America once again according to an annual ranking of the nation’s best health plans by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. Click here to listen to Eric’s announcement *HMO/POS. NCQA’s Private Health Insurance Plan Rankings, 2011-12 – Private. U.S.…

Eric’s Weekly Radio Segment – Municipal ChoiceNet

Cities and towns are often challenged with balancing quality and cost for their employees’ health care. Harvard Pilgrim has a solution to help contain those escalating costs while still ensuring that the municipal employees get excellent coverage. Click here to listen to Eric’s radio segment on Municipal ChoiceNet Important Information…

Sharing our 2010 Annual Report

Today Harvard Pilgrim Health Care released its 2010 Annual Report – Making health care work better…that’s what we do. I start the report by offering up the three words that come to mind when I think about health care — complex, expensive and personal. We all have different points of…

SaveOn: Rewarding Cost-Saving Decisions

“SaveOn helps inform our employees about the cost of care,” explains Connie Roy-Czyzowski, Vice President, Human Resources for Northeast Delta Dental. “It rewards them for making a good decision. And it addresses the broader cost of care in the provider community.” Find out how it works. Download the complete 2011 Annual…