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Dr. Michael Taylor, Chairman, Center for Health Value Innovation, interviewed by SHRM

cyndynayer — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:13:43 +0000

Michael Taylor M.D., Chairman of the Board of the Center for Health Value Innovation, was recently interviewed by Human Resource Magazine regarding the use of data to drive outcomes.

Reprinted with permission of the Society for Human Resource Management (www.shrm.org), Alexandria, VA, publisher of HR Magazine. © SHRM

Laying Hands on Health Data
Vol. 55 No. 2
Acquiring the underlying facts and figures on your organization’s health costs may be easier than you think—and more worthwhile.
2/1/2010 By Joanne Sammer

Health costs are up, so—not surprisingly—crunching numbers is in. Many employers want to look closely at their health care claims and utilization data to find ways to reduce health expenses. After all, employers can’t manage health costs unless they know what drives those costs. But many HR professionals aren’t sure what health data may be available and whether they can obtain such data cost-effectively—if at all.

The good news is that many health insurers and other health care vendors are making more data available, and not just to large employers. Certainly, major self-insured companies such as IBM have always had sufficient leverage wit h their plans’ administrators to obtain data. But employers with smaller payrolls, especially those that buy health coverage rather than self-insure, historically have been less successful. The reasons have ranged from insurers’ professed inability to segregate one client’s data from data for a multi-employer group, to a small employer’s lack of resources for analyzing such data. Today, howevr, employers of all sizes have more options than they may realize. Sometimes gaining access to information is simply a matter of asking insurers what data are or could be made available. The challenge comes in interpreting and acting on the information. HR executives must understand what they’re looking at and must become familiar with the methods and the rationales for the various ways health data can be cut, organized and interpreted.

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Taylor, Mahoney, Bradley Named as 2009 CDHC Superstars

cyndynayer — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:57:05 +0000

Mike Taylor MD (Chair of the Center), Jack Mahoney MD (Chief Medical Officer of the Center and Global Health Strategist for Pitney Bowes) and Mary Bradley (Director of Health Care Planning at Pitney Bowes) were named CDHC Superstars for 2009! We’re delighted to share their stories here. CDHC Superstar Mike Taylor CDHC Superstar Jack Mahoney and Mary Bradley You can also learn more about Mike and Jack in these updated biographies on their work. Mike Taylor monograph Jack Mahoney monograph

Introducing the Value-Based Approach

cyndynayer — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:08:06 +0000

Alabama Construction News did a three-page profile of the value-based approach to healthcare design, interviewing CHVI President Cyndy Nayer and chairman Mike Taylor. They talked about incentive-based measures to improve employee health and the experience of Caterpillar Inc., where Taylor is medical director for health promotion.

Caterpillar found that even a $5 copay was enough to deter some from taking prescribed statin medication. When the medications were free, the compliance level jumped 14 percent to 80 percent of those prescribed.

The company also uses monetary incentives to encourage employees to buy healthier foods in its cafeterias, and to quit smoking. The article also encouraged smaller companies to look at simple value-based measures such as free flu shots.

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