CRG Research Reports

Featured Research Reports

Outlook for Managed Care 2010
Publication Date: January 15, 2010
The Outlook for Managed Care, 2010 offers a complete analysis of the likely impact of healthcare reform on health plan growth, margins and profitability. Along with this special section on healthcare reform, the Outlook for Managed Care, 2010 provides you with the tools you need to forecast the future of the managed care industry, assess industry growth prospects, and rank the competition.

Managed Medicaid: The Next Wave of Profit and Growth
Publication Date: September 30, 2009
This 100-page report provides critical information on the growing opportunities in the Medicaid market—data that's indispensable for strategic planning, product development and competitive analysis.

The Coming Market Explosion for Individual Health Insurance
Publication Date: July 17, 2009
Are you looking for the inside track on this growing market? The Coming Market Explosion for Individual Health Insurance shows you how to win.

Profit from Health 2.0: The Emerging Social Networking Revolution in Healthcare
Publication Date: March 31, 2009
Our latest research report, Profit from Health 2.0: The Emerging Social Networking Revolution in Healthcare, can show you how. This all-new report tracks the new techniques for maximizing consumer engagement in health and wellness programs.

The Future of Medicare Advantage: Optimizing Profits Under the Obama Administration
Publication Date: January 2, 2010
Medicare Advantage plans have enjoyed a good ride in recent years. But all that may change under the Obama Administration. Obama's plan to cut Medicare Advantage reimbursements will strain plan profitability, drive industry consolidation and force executives to development new skills to succeed.

Consumer-Driven Healthcare Revolution: Myth or Reality?
Over 100 pages of solid information, carefully selected from health plans, employers, financial institutions and information technology companies to help you make the right strategic planning decisions when it comes to the future of CDHPs.

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White Papers

Incentive Plans: Designing a Program That Will Drive Participation

With health care costs continuing to rise, many organizations are turning to wellness programs to decrease costs by addressing health risks before they turn into significant medical expenses. The key to any successful program is participation, and the key to participation is an effective strategy that fosters employee participation with incentives that make sense for your corporate culture, budget and health risk challenges.

The Value of Health Coaching in Population Health Management

With as much as 88% of avoidable healthcare costs due to lifestyle choices, many companies are implementing population health management strategies to improve modifiable health risks, enhance productivity, and reduce costs. Learn why health coaching, with its personalized, proactive approach, is one of the most effective ways to encourage long-term behavioral change.

Impact of Incentive Values on Participation in Comprehensive Wellness and Health Risk Assessment Interventions

This is the first of a series of Research Review White Papers focused on "The Science of Health Incentives^TM - Impact of Incentive Values on Participation in Comprehensive Wellness and Health Risk Assessment Interventions". With rising healthcare costs, payers, employers, providers and consumers must look at ways to manage costs, improve outcomes and reduce delivery costs. Learn how incentive programs have emerged as an essential tool for impacting costs.

Focused Health Solutions: An Opt-in ROI Methodology White Paper

Focused Health Solutions, an innovative Population Health Management company and Ingenix Consulting recently developed a critical white paper about its ROI Methodology. Overall cost savings to clients are used to determine program ROI. FHS utilizes a matched control group approach to measure the value of its condition management programs.

Growing the Individual Market: Preparing for the Influx of Opportunities

Growing the Individual Market: Preparing for the Influx of Opportunities. This valuable guide, authored by Lorrie Imes, VP of Business Development and Marketing at Connecture, provides health plans with an overview of the individual market and discusses opportunities carriers have for sustainable, profitable growth within this growing market.

How Healthy is Your Website?

Optimizing your sales and marketing strategies based on real information from consumers can not only improve the effectiveness of your marketing campaigns, but it can also improve the conversion of those leads into sales.

This white paper, authored by Michael Schenk, VP and Chief Technology Officer at Connecture, explains how health insurance plans can gain insight into their customers' needs, wants, and behaviors when utilizing innovative sales technology underpinned by analytics.

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Upcoming Conferences

The Disease Management Managed Care Forum
March 23 - 25, 2010 •Orlando,FL

Medicare Marketing & Enrollment Strategies 2010
March 24 - 26, 2010 •Washington,DC

The National Forum on Reducing Hospital Readmissions
April 26 - 28, 2010 •Philadelphia,PA

The Optimizing Health Information Through Claims Data Analysis Summit For Health Plans
April 26 - 28, 2010 •Chicago,

11th Annual Network Contract Optimization 2010
May 11 - 13, 2010 •Chicago,IL

The 2nd Annual Building Individual Insurance Products Conference for Health Plans
May 12 - 14, 2010 •Boston,MA

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