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Why GE, Boeing, Lowe’s, and Walmart Are Directly Buying Health Care for Employees

Harvard Business

Participating employers benefit from the quality assurance of the ECEN’s rigorous center selection process and the financial savings from paying competitive, pre-set rates for bundled care negotiated between participating hospitals and HDP. In late 2012 Geisinger initiated ProvenCare Lumbar Spine.

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What a Changing NAFTA Could Mean for Doing Business in Mexico

Harvard Business

Companies would like to see process improvements and better infrastructure at the border to reduce costs to import. If he wins with only a narrow victory, as seems likely, his administration would have a limited mandate for populist reforms that would severely damage foreign investment flows and public finances.