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Phyllis Merrill Receives Award for Book Contribution

By Sarah Johnson / February 15, 2015

What is it about the material Phyllis Merrill contributed to Brian Tracy’s new book, “UNcommon: Common Sense but Uncommon Knowledge from ​Today’s ​Leading ​Entrepreneurs and ​P​rofessionals to ​Help ​You ​L​ead an ​Extraordinary ​Life of ​Health, ​Wealth and ​Success” that is creating so much recognition? “Phyllis is driven and energetic and brings a different type of…

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Who is on your side?

By Sarah Johnson / January 14, 2015

In the current group health insurance scenario, if you’re like most companies and organizations, it’s unlikely you have anybody sitting on your side of the table protecting your interests.  Consider that hospitals, doctors, insurance companies, pharmaceutical and medical device companies and even brokers are on the other side of the table from you while you…

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Chronic Conditions Benefit From Medical Management

By Sarah Johnson / January 14, 2015

Are you ready to get real care and meaningful ongoing support for your employees to help manage chronic conditions and see BIG SAVINGS?  Our plan goes way beyond typical wellness programs. Undoubtedly there are employees in your organization that have chronic health challenges that require regular care.  Chronic conditions can be costly – just 4%…

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Are You Tired of Worrying About PPO Networks?

By Sarah Johnson / January 14, 2015

Are you tired of worrying about PPO networks and whether your employees’ doctors are a part of it?  Are you afraid to change insurance companies because they use a different network?  Do you really want to be in the position of making caregiver decisions for other people?  What if you could do away with this…

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Health Care Insurance Expert Phyllis Merrill Signs Publishing Deal With CelebrityPress To Co-Author New Book

By Sarah Johnson / January 14, 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Phyllis Merrill will team with Brian Tracy and several leading experts from various industries to release the new book, “UNcommon” by CelebrityPress. Salt Lake City, UT – January 14, 2015 – Phyllis Merrill, Founder of The Open Solution™, has joined a select group of business experts and entrepreneurs from around the world,…

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Who’s Drinking Your Milkshake?

By Sarah Johnson / January 14, 2015

“How many businesses do you know that want to cut their revenues in half?  That’s why the health care industry won’t fix the health care industry.” – Rick Scott, Governor of Florida and formerly the CEO of Fortune 100 HCA (Hospital Corporation of America) Sounds about right doesn’t it? Think about the players in the…

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Self Funding and Insured Stop-Loss Managed Platform

By Sarah Johnson / January 14, 2015

Over the past few years, many companies have evaluated the increasing premium costs associated with their group medical insurance programs and have looked for ways to improve cash flow and economize on the budget for employee benefits.  This has given rise to partial self funding and insured stop-loss managed platform.  Any company with more than…

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The Medical Industrial Complex is Robbing You Blind

By Sarah Johnson / January 14, 2015

The unrelenting trend in health plans is a spiraling and unsustainable inflation rate in medical costs.  We all know this and see it every day. “American employers have arguably become the sloppiest purchasers of health care anywhere in the world.”  – Uwe E. Reinhardt, economics professor at Princeton University The solution to this problem hinges…

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You love rising premiums and declining benefits, right?

By Sarah Johnson / January 14, 2015

Are you ready to change the current health care plan trend – rising premiums and declining benefits? Then you need to get out there and make that change! You and your employees deserve the best you can get – without network restrictions and egregious pricing. You shouldn’t have to leave a doctor you love just…

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ENFORCEMENT DELAY: HPID Enumeration

By Sarah Johnson / November 3, 2014

Effective October 31, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of e-Health Standards and Services (OESS), the division of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) that is responsible for enforcement of compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) standard transactions, code sets, unique identifiers and…

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