Ryan Olmstead catches up with Lynn Quincy from the Altarum Healthcare Value Hub. They discuss Lynn’s favorite issue brief, the pitfalls around CDHPs, and alternatives employers can take to lower health care costs without simply cost-shifting.
Ryan Olmstead, MPH
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For the past 20 years, I have helped employers with their healthcare strategies and purchasing decisions. For the first 12 years at Mercer and Aon, I advised employers directly on their various benefits offerings, soliciting quotes for health and other coverages and providing hands-on support. Over the past eight years at Catalyst for Payment Reform, I’ve educated and advised employers on healthcare purchasing dynamics and innovative strategies to regain control of cost and quality of care.
This site links to my writings, podcast interviews, original research, tools, and events I’ve hosted over the last several years.
- blog (16)
- case study (5)
- podcast (14)
- publications (8)
- research (5)
- tools (12)
- webinars (17)
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With the passage into law of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on December 22, 2017, we wonder what the impact of repealing the penalties associated with the health insurance coverage mandate will be on employers and other health care purchasers.
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Ryan Olmstead, CPR’s director of member services, calls Lisa Yee, executive director of the Silicon Valley Employers Forum, to hear about her work with large employers in Silicon Valley in order to best support them in delivering the best health care benefits to their employees.
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Learn about the near-site clinic Aircraft Gear Corporation developed and implemented to eliminate barriers to primary care.
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This Virtual Summit will help employers, health care purchasers, and other stakeholders learn about how high deductible health plans (HDHPs) and other benefit design strategies might evolve and further encourage consumers to seek the “right” health care services.
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Congratulations! You’ve made it through another benefits planning season and you can finally relax. But not so fast. Focusing on execution during implementation is equally important to minimize hiccups. Here are a few tips.
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A recent story highlighted a mother who took her child to what she thought was an urgent care center, however, it was a freestanding emergency center (FEC). She didn’t realize it was a FEC until she received a surprise in the mail – a $1,700 bill.
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