The most recent healthcare article on CNN announces dramatic increases in employee healthcare costs this year: http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/19/news/economy/healthcare_openenrollment_changes/index.htm. While no-one wants to see healthcare costs continuing to increase, you can prepare and protect yourself against these changes when you use Compass as your guide. We are only the only service with the market intelligence and [...]

The recent health reform legislation will continue to alter the landscape of an already dynamic healthcare system. While companies face the regulatory compliance challenges that the legislation brings, it is important that they do not take their eye off of three major healthcare trends: (1) Costs will continue to rise (2) Quality will continue to be [...]

Compass Chief Medical Officer, Eric Bricker, MD was recently interviewed for an article on Insure.com on how patients can talk to their doctor about medical costs. Go here to read the article and learn how to talk to doctors about lower cost medications, tests and procedures: http://www.insure.com/articles/healthinsurance/etiquette-of-asking-for-price-breaks-and-free-drugs.html addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fcompassphs.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F05%2F10%2Fcompass-in-recent-insure-com-article%2F’; [...]

A recent article in the New York Times (http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/bringing-comparison-shopping-to-the-doctors-office/?scp=1&sq=castlight,%20price-transparency&st=csedescribes) describes how Castlight Health has raised over $80 million to create a healthcare price-transparency solution for employers and individuals.  Compass has been providing a healthcare price-transparency solution to employers for three years and Castlight Health raised $80 million to try to do what Compass is doing.  Prominent venture capitalists [...]

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