2013 | May 16 13
And the Insurance Exchange Landscape in Connecticut Continues to Evolve...
“Anyone remotely connected with healthcare or insurance in the State of Connecticut has got an ...”
07
Health Care in Massachusetts – State Report Indicates Focus on Pay for Performance and Innovative Plan Designs
“In February I wrote about the healthcare delivery system in Massachusetts, specifically about how Carriers ...”
| Apr 23 11 08
Connecticut Employers Considering Strategic Move to Self-Insurance in Wake of Rising Insurance Costs
“In January of this year, Ovation Consultant Jay Fiorello penned a post on Self-Insurance. He ...”
02 | Mar | Feb 28
When It Comes to Wellness Programs--Consider Workplace Culture Before ROI
“I've been a wellness professional with Ovation for more than a decade, and during that ...”
21 13
Health Care in Massachusetts – Carriers and Providers Collaborate to Enhance Service and Improve Engagement
“Change is constant—the only thing you can count on is change. How many times have ...”
06
The Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange: A February 2013 Update
“In January, I provided a general overview of the Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange. The following ...”
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2012 | Dec | Nov 14
PPACA and Form W-2 Reporting of Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage
“The Affordable Care Act requires employers to report the aggregate cost of coverage under an ...”
02 | Oct | Sep | Aug 30 27 23 16 07 02 | Jul 31 24 16 10 09 | Jun | May 30 24 23 22 15 14 11 07 02
Laughter Just Might be the Prescription for What's Ailing You!
“Why is laughter good for your health? According to extensive research done by doctors and ...”
1 comments | Apr | Mar 27
Salad Anyone?
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Vegetables are an important part of everyday eating and salads are a delicious way to ...”
1 comments 16 14
Are You Addicted to Sugar?
1 comments
02
The Power of Face-to-Face
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- This is a guest blog entry by Marlene D'Ambrosio, one of Ovation's dedicated Senior ...”
2 comments | Feb 29 27 24
What It's All About
“Ovation’s Chief Sales Officer John Carew stopped by my office today. With water bottle in ...”
22 14 01
Gaining Buy-In From The Top
2 comments
| Jan 30
Where Did The WIWO Room Go?
3 comments
26 18
Breakfast Alternatives
1 comments
11
Beware of Food Labels
1 comments
09
What Makes a "Fitness Hero?"
4 comments
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2011 | Dec 28 21 13 12
Can you Handle the Truth?
“Ovation’s Health Improvement strategies are different because it’s THAT important!
Peter Townsley is Ovation’s Director of ...”
07 05
The Ovation Power Grid
“The power outage from several weeks ago left many people with a story to tell. ...”
1 comments 02
Learning to Like Mushrooms
“Courtesy of Bill Mauke, our Workforce Health President, everyone in the office has been watching ...”
1 comments | Nov 30
Liquid Calories
1 comments
18
A Healthy Thanksgiving Meal
1 comments
16 15 04
It's Just Not the Same
“I was sitting at my desk earlier today building a fort out of pens while ...”
1 comments 02
How High is Your Cholesterol?
1 comments
| Oct 26
Flax Seed and Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar
1 comments
24 21
On Lemons, Lemonade and Limoncello…
1 comments
19
Road Race, Anyone?
1 comments
13 05
Planning Ahead with Crock Pot Meals
1 comments
04
Tired of Groundhog Day?
1 comments
| Sep | Aug 26
Who Cares About Health Care?
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“Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: The Last Heart Attack”. The story airs at 8:00 PM Eastern ...”
1 comments 22
Gluten-Free(dom)
“I remember the day my father announced he was going gluten-free. I remember staring at ...”
1 comments 10
A Summer's Journey
2 comments
04
Taking the Long Way Around
3 comments
02
Who Says Healthcare Has To Be Boring?
4 comments
| Jul 26
Internship: 101
3 comments
20
There and Back Again: an Intern's Tale
5 comments
14
No Brown-Nosing Beet Farmers Here
5 comments
11
My Story in 646 Words
“I’ve never been one to believe in coincidences, mainly because I’ve encountered so many of ...”
5 comments 08
Register Today for Health Reform Webinar
“Proskauer Health Reform Webinar: Impact on Employees
TUESDAY JULY 19, 2011
11:00 AM - 12:00PM
We are pleased ...”
| Jun 27
A Promise Made is a Debt Unpaid
“Americans spend their lives working to achieve a certain "lifestyle" which could be as simple ...”
13 | May 23
Change Can Be Easy If You Simplify the Plan
“Sometimes when we are tasked with making a change, any change, we tend to get ...”
3 comments 04
Hey Grad: Drink Up...it's Half-full!
1 comments
| Apr 26
Embracing Healthy Living
“I was never athletic. I was born with two left feet, the hand-eye coordination of ...”
1 comments 15
Why Workforce Health?
“We've talked a little bit on our website about Workforce Health, and we have been ...”
1 comments 08
Making Time for Physical Activity
“Everywhere you turn these days your reading, seeing and hearing about the benefits of physical ...”
2 comments 01
Celebrating Small Steps toward Better Health
5 comments
| Mar 24
Springtime in Boston
“I can't think of a prettier time of year than April for visiting Boston's Public ...”
17
Practicing What We Preach
“I can’t say I was enthusiastic about running around our office building 6 times in ...”
6 comments 15
Death, Be Not Proud
“"Death, Be Not Proud,” by John Donne, is among the most famous and beloved poems ...”
1 comments 11
Truth In Advertising
7 comments
| Feb 22
February Wellness Newsletter
“Here are some highlights of our February Wellness Newsletter.
*Whole Grains Linked to Lower Atherosclerosis Risk
-An ...”
07
Get Up and Stretch!
“Most of us sit all day long and we don't realize that as the day ...”
01
One Month In...
“Now that we are one month into 2011, I thought it would be a good ...”
1 comments | Jan 27
Big Pharma Kicks In for My Mom (and Me!)
“This post is for my Mom, who had the pleasure of visiting the so-called “Donut ...”
17
Ovation is really walking the walk!
“The storm may have pushed planning back one day, but our employees were ready to ...”
3 comments |
2010 | Dec 21
Will You Drop Your Coverage?
“It’s the ultimate “unintended consequence”.
Beginning in 2014, the health reform law requires employers with more ...”
2 comments 16
Both Sides Chipping Away at PPACA
“When the new Republican led House convenes in January, healthcare reform and the PPACA will ...”
14
Court Ruling Strikes Individual Mandate
“Welcome back--my hibernation is over early and health reform is once again the reason! What ...”
| Nov 30
December Wellness Newsletter
“Our December Wellness Newsletter is posted on our website! Here are some of the highlights.
Stopping ...”
09
Saturday Morning Running Club
““I can’t breathe….This stinks….People actually do this for fun??” These three statements ran through ...”
2 comments | Sep 09
A Chance to Change the World...
“Once in a while, we get the opportunity to change someone's life for the better. ...”
1 comments | Jul 12
Impotence, Part Deux
“Pardon my French, but over the past couple of years I have experienced more than ...”
10 | Jun 30
Market Induced Impotence--Part I
“It's time for one of those a difficult and embarrassing discussion about...Impotence...
But not the kind ...”
23
What's Your Problem?
“I love this question because it is so versatile. Change the emphasis on certain words ...”
| May | Apr 23
CANCELED: Waxman Shuts Down Testimony from Deere & Co.
“With all of our energy re-directed to the implementation of the health reform legislation, I ...”
13
Baseball is here, but look to Massachusetts for some new hardball…
“As all New Englander’s know, if not most of the country, Massachusetts is one of ...”
2 comments 06
Meet the Team: HCR Week #2 "Cafe Table Chat"
“Meet the Ovation Benefits healthcare task force hard at work translating the new law ...”
05
The $1 Billion Bottom-line Impact of Reform
1 comments
| Mar 29
What Now? HCR Week #1 "Kitchen Table Chat"
“Bill Carew discusses the immediate and short impact of health care reform.
”
1 comments 19
$89 Trillion: Now THAT'S a Problem!!
“Like everyone else, I am really sick of healthcare reform. Fortunately, the real "end-game" ...”
| Feb 26
Groundhog Day: Six More Weeks of Health Reform
“He saw his shadow!
At the conclusion of President Obama's health reform summit yesterday, the President ...”
17
Malnutrition In Vietnam: The Solution to the Healthcare Cost Problem
“In my last post I laid out the 3 key deliverables that we believe every ...”
15
What You Really Want From Me...
“In this world of health reform limbo, post Scott Brown, it is really difficult but ...”
09
Paternalism and the Healthcare Cost Problem
““Who’s problem is it anyway?”
The Scott Brown Senate election has effectively killed the Democrat-led push ...”
| Jan 18
As the World Turns...
“For political theatre, it cannot get any more fascinating than this…
As the drama in the ...”
06
Kids Today..
1 comments
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2009 | Dec 30
Opportunity Amid Mediocrity
“Here are the top 5 things I expect will result from the health reform package ...”
2 comments 01
Age Wars: How Health Reform Pits "The Old" vs. "The Young"
“First, kudos to the President and Congressional leaders for trying to fix the biggest public ...”
| Nov 11
Understanding the AMA's Position...They Support HR 3962...or Do They???
“Much has been made about the AMA's support for the House Health Reform bill passed ...”
10
What Employers Are Saying About H.R. 3962
“As I have been saying all along, the single #1 imperative with health reform must ...”
08
Mrs. Pelosi's Gift
“H.R. 3962 passes in the House Saturday night with 2 votes to spare 220-215. Here ...”
| Oct 27
Harry's High Stakes Gamble
“We are getting down to some serious business now, and the stakes continue to get ...”
3 comments 20
27 Million Angry People
“That's what we'll have if the individual mandate/pre-existing condition provisions of the Senate Finance bill ...”
13
6 1/2 Reasons Why Healthcare Costs So Much
“1. Capitalism Lots of money flows to companies who innovate, and they need to make ...”
1 comments 08
Obama, Unclogged... Battle to the Death???
“There are a number of indications that President Obama is starting to put his stake ...”
03
As Momentum For Health Reform Builds, Huge Obastacles Remain
“The unclogging has started...The bi-partisan Senate Finance bill released early Friday should trigger movement down ...”
| Sep 30
Mis-Understanding the Uninsured
“In the drive to ensure that all Americans have access to affordable and comprehensive health ...”
28
Drain-O Time: Unclogging Health Reform
“Last year at this time all we heard about was the credit crisis and the ...”
05 04
More (Scary Stuff) on The Unintended Consequences
“Bad news for all of us do-gooders out there...So far, polling on the "Golden Rule" ...”
| Aug 24
Vote on Health Reform Today!!
“Which drives your opinion on health reform: The Golden Rule or the Law of Unintended ...”
2 comments 22 20
First, The Golden Rule of Health Reform
“I had a great vacation, thank you very much. 2 weeks at the beach in ...”
01
Something great about our healthcare system and about our country...
“With all of the talk about everything that's wrong about our healthcare system, lets talk ...”
2 comments | Jul 26
CBO Rains On Reform Parade...again
“As you know by now I am obsessed with the Blue Dogs, the group of ...”
24
Top Dog: “I’ve been lied to...”
“It's really getting ugly. From The Hill:
House healthcare negotiations dissolved in acrimony on Friday, with ...”
22
The $2,000,000,000,000 Summer Vacation
“Does anyone else wonder what the hurry is? Really--can anyone tell me what is so ...”
2 comments 21
Sustinet: Universal Healthcare in CT by 2012
1 comments
20
With Congressional and Public Support Wavering, Obama Ratchets Up Pressure and Rhetoric on Reform
“Judging from the tone and tenor of President Obama's statement on Friday and his stinging weekly radio/internet address ...”
17
Blue Dawg Growls
“Mike Ross, Blue Dog in chief on health reform re: Dems opposition in House. Don't ...”
10 09
Vetoes & Vacations: The Future of Health Reform in CT
“What's more important to you: a veto or vacation? State legislators may soon have to ...”
1 comments 07
Hope, Concern, Lies & Half-truths: What the Public Really Thinks About Health Reform
“Everywhere I turn these days I get hammered with questions about state and federal health ...”
2 comments 01
How Our Healthcare System Killed the King of Pop
10 comments
| May 13
Was Paul Harvey Right?
1 comments
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