Sentences with phrase «drive health care cost»

Government regulated monopolies are what drive health care cost up.

What drives health care costs?

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The pace of change driven by startups seems to be accelerating as companies devoted to essential needs — from reducing procurement costs and improving operational efficiency, to delivering more efficient primary care or dialysis care — try to do something about the sorry state of health care.

«I'd also have everybody kind of get focused on a similar mission and drive a culture to improve health care costs by lowering them, drive greater levels of effectiveness overall and making sure that we are driving a great deal of consumer satisfaction.»

«Most of the changes have been about redistributing who pays how much and what benefits get paid for, rather than driving down overall health care costs.»

Wal - Mart said last month that investment in wages and higher health care costs drove a 3.5 percent increase in operating expenses in its most recent quarter.

Under his leadership, Humana has created an integrated care delivery model centered on improving health outcomes, driving lower costs, enhancing quality, and providing a simple and personalized member experience.

Driving Down Health Care Costs (Panel Publishers, New York City, 1991, $ 89), a collection of 44 articles, is a simple way to tap into savvy strategies currently recommended by insurance and benefits practitioners to reduce insurance fraud, audit for cost savings, redesign retiree benefits, and more.

And it's no surprise to many health experts that the company is focusing a lot of its attention on employer - sponsored health care, and in particular on the challenge of driving down costs without reducing the quality of care.

In its new statement, Mylan again pointed to pointed to health insurance trends «driven by the implementation of the Affordable Care Act» as the reason patients «have faced higher costs for their medicine.»

This increase will be driven by increasing costs for Social Security, health care, and interest on the debt combined with insufficient revenue.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

However, other factors played a role, including reactions to the non-transparent, lobby - driven trade negotiation process to develop policy for behind - the - border governance issues, the flawed investor - state dispute mechanism, and the controversial intellectual property and cross-border data flow provisions, which promised to raise health - care costs, dampen innovation, and raise privacy concerns.

This drives the cost to the tax payer up much more than a universal health care program that would treat everyone fairly by private physicians and use the more expensive emergency rooms for emergencies as they were intended.

«While there is a substantial body of research showing that a mother's own is milk is the most effective option for greatly improving the health of hospitalized, very low birthweight infants, NICU care providers need to be able to make the evidence - driven argument that mother's own milk is the most cost effective option as well,» Meier said.

Says he supports competition as a way to drive down health care costs and eliminating lawsuits against health care providers.

Meanwhile, responding to Mayor Bloomberg's speech earlier today warning that labor costs could drive the city to financial ruin, Weiner said no candidate has dealt with health - care costs as seriously as he has, adding:

For example, if we did away with the individual mandate to buy health insurance, but continued to ensure that insurance companies did not discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions, then young, healthy people may forego health insurance, leaving the industry with a disproportionately high number of sick people, driving up the cost of health care.

If approved, the health taxes in the Deficit Reduction Plan and Executive Budget will drive up the cost of health insurance for all Business Council member employers that purchase health coverage — from sole proprietors and small businesses to the largest self - insured companies — yet will provide no additional covered benefits or have any effect on addressing the rising cost of health care.

A study commissioned by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America — the trade organization representing the drug industry — warns that Cuomo's plan will drive up health care costs, harm New York consumers and could worsen the addiction crisis.

Governor Cuomo's deal with legislative leaders on expanded access to breast cancer screening falls squarely within three unfortunate Albany traditions: It micromanages the health - care industry in ways that add red tape and drive up costs.

Some health care advocates worry the move would result in sicker people in the regulated market and driving up costs in the process.

Cuomo says the exchanges will bring «true competition» and drive down costs for existing health care premium holders.

As the Carruthers report explains, innovation in the NHS has the capacity both to save lives and drive up standards of care in the health service, but also to promote efficiency and reduce the cost burden of treatments and procedures.

If approved, the health taxes in the Executive Budget will further drive up the cost of health insurance for all Business Council member employers that purchase health coverage yet will provide no additional covered benefits or have any effect on addressing the rising cost of health care.

Budget hawks, and county leaders, contend the cost of property taxes isn't driven by the proliferation of governments or taxing districts, but fixed and increasing costs like pensions, health care and Medicaid services.

That will drive up New York's already high medical malpractice insurance rates for physicians and hospitals as well as drive up the already high cost of health care insurance for New Yorkers, the group argues.

He says schools must obey numerous state - mandated regulations on pensions, health care, and transportation requirements that drive up labor and other costs.

Cuomo also included a restriction on payments in malpractice cases, a proposal aimed at lowering the cost of malpractice insurance for physicians that helps to drive up health care costs.

«To an increasing degree, overweight, obesity, and sugary diets are driving up health care costs and are costing Americans years of healthy life,» Murray said.

«It is the first to use neuromuscular electrical stimulation as a diagnostic tool, and offers an effective treatment strategy that can drive down health care costs for chronic pain.»

He has said that «there is too much money on the table» in medical malpractice cases, which, he contends, drives up the cost of malpractice insurance premiums and health care overall.

«While there is a substantial body of research showing that a mother's own is milk is the most effective option for greatly improving the health of hospitalized, very low birthweight infants, NICU care providers need to be able to make the evidence - driven argument that mother's own milk is the most cost effective option as well,» Meier said.

Costs of liability insurance could be reduced further if reforms aimed at driving down health care costs are successful, for exaCosts of liability insurance could be reduced further if reforms aimed at driving down health care costs are successful, for exacosts are successful, for example.

«Rising treatment costs drive up health care spending.»

• Health care and child care were the biggest factors driving up costs for four - person families in Washington, increasing 68 and 70 percent, respectively, between 2001 and 2014.

But in addition to saving lives, the investment will ultimately drive down worldwide health care costs, Dr. Horberg says.

The retail value (using market value and insurance based rates) is highly inflated and driving up the cost of health care.

Even as enrollment - driven revenue declines, costs for special education continue to increase, $ 200 million a year in the last decade, and health care and pension costs continue to rise.

The high cost, along with the burden of the cost for the uninsured, were a driving force for the health - care reform law.

Pet health care bills can climb into the tens of thousands of dollars as new technologies and treatments drive up costs

To provide superior clinical care, rehabilitation, wellness, and supportive services that meet the wants, needs, and expectations of our patients and residents — while achieving «quadruple aim» goals of better individual health care, better population health, lower costs and improved clinician experience — and drive performance and outcomes that are consistent with the demands of acute care partners and payor organizations.

Bringing together more than 100 leaders in health care, the environment, nonprofits, government and business, Jarvis will lead discussions on how the NPS can most effectively help drive health and wellness initiatives in America's local, state and national parks, and how parks can promote healthier lifestyles leading to reduced health care costs.

Renewable subsidies rise but coal subsidies remain stagnant, despite increased social costs to India's GDP driven by air pollution and health care expenses

The Wisconsin Senate will vote on Tuesday (Oct. 27) on legislation that will drive up health care costs by expanding medical liability.

I'm not sure I like how this will affect the cost of health care and the rise of insurance premiums, but I want to bring to your attention that this likely massive increase in clinical diagnostics screenings will, without a doubt, drive sales in companies that provide these tests.

As the health care reform debate continues, NAR will strongly advocate for the aforementioned principles that promote universal access to high - quality, affordable insurance options and remove burdensome regulations that drive up costs.