Last week it was the World Health Care Congress (perhaps the best conference I’ve ever attended in terms of content and quality). This week it is RIMS, the annual property and casualty get together, where brokers schmooze and vendors vend and risk managers are feted by carriers, TPAs, managed care firms and consultants.
Here’s what I’m looking for at RIMS 2008. New and different approaches to managed care, approaches that are not merely based on discounted care, but outcomes. And not just lip service or ‘we’re seriously studying this’ but programs that are in place, working, and delivering results.
Straight talk from vendors – what they can, and cannot, do. Results they’ve been able to deliver, and the keys to that performance. (Knowing that vendors can’t be successful unless payers work cooperatively with them)
Evidence that payers are not just talking about outcomes and smaller networks and ‘the right docs’ but actually doing something.
New trends, products, ideas, and companies – something that has been in short supply in this industry for too long.
Stay tuned.
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Looking forward to reading about your findings this week – let’s hope you secure some solid information.
Looking forward to learning who really has outcome based networks in service!