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Wearable Technology in Healthcare

Tom Spencer

6 Despite this, insurers and employers are taking advantage of a provision in the Affordable Care Act that allows employers to offer financial incentives, paid for by the insurance companies, if employees agree to wear a fitness tracker. 7 These devices include smart home devices and medical wearables.

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Research: Workplace Injuries Are More Common When Companies Face Earnings Pressure

Harvard Business

companies are facing pressure to meet earnings expectations, and research indicates that meeting analyst forecasts is a more important benchmark than meeting the prior year’s earnings or avoiding losses. We identified three factors that characterized the companies that beat earnings benchmarks.

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Beggar Thy Taxpayer: Currency Wars, QE Strain Life Insurers and Pension Plans; Negative Returns With 4-7% Promises

MishTalk

Currency Wars and QE Strain Life Insurance Companies and Taxpayers Bob gets credit for the phrase " beggar thy taxpayer " but I have been thinking along those lines for quite some time. The yield on Germany’s benchmark 10-year bond has fallen to 0.35 Insurers and pension funds typically buy long-term debt. The ECB''s policy.

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Quote Your Consulting Billing Rate with Confidence

Successful Independent Consulting

Benchmark so you know your rate is reasonable. At the end of our meeting, I didn’t quote the range. Your rate has to cover operating expenses (internet, phone, bookkeeping), business insurance, and self-employment tax (the employer's half of Social Security and Medicare). There are lots of ways to do this.

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Asset Management – Client Segmentation (Part 3 of 4)

Tom Spencer

For instance, if a client goes to meet a financial advisor to talk about opening a savings account, the topic of mutual funds can be brought up. For passive investing, Blackrock and Vanguard are able to get costs very low due to their scale and skill in replicating a benchmark index. Institutional Asset Management.

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Customer intent is a treasure trove of actionable data hiding in plain sight

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By looking at the CX lifecycle though granular intents, companies can 1) benchmark where they are strong/blemished, 2) identify where a human touch in a contact center helps/over-indexes the needs of a customer, and 3) solve for customers’ CX needs with surgical precision.”

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The CMS Five-Star Quality Rating System is Changing. Here’s How to Stay on Top

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is raising the stakes on patient and member experience for health insurance organizations. Plans that are awarded four or more stars earn a 5% bonus on CMS payment benchmarks, as well as higher rebates which are used to provide better member benefits.

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