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2025 U.S. organ and tissue transplants: Estimated costs and utilization, emerging issues, and solutions
13 February 2025 - by Nick J. Ortner, Hanna E. Holzer
Our periodic report estimates average utilization, billed charges, and PMPM costs for organ and tissue transplants in the United States.
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College textbook subscription programs
06 October 2022 - by Nick J. Ortner, Casey Hammer
Colleges and universities looking into subscription models for course materials such as textbooks can learn from the risk pitfalls of health insurance models.
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Medicare Advantage innovation: A primer on Hospice VBID
23 March 2022 - by Nick J. Ortner, Kelly Backes
A primer on CMS’s Medicare Advantage model for hospice value-based insurance design, which first became available for contract year 2021.
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Medicare Supplement Underwriting Issue Brief #1
27 March 2020 - by Kenneth L. Clark, Nick J. Ortner
This issue brief explores the resources available to help carriers quantify the expected effect of possible Medicare Supplement medical underwriting application changes and considerations.
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2020 U.S. organ and tissue transplants: Cost estimates, discussion, and emerging issues
18 February 2020 - by T. Scott Bentley, Nick J. Ortner
This report is Milliman’s triennial summary of estimated U.S. average utilization, billed charges, and resulting per member per month costs for organ and tissue transplants.
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The terms, they may be a-changin’: A primer on proposed changes to short-term medical plans
10 April 2018 - by Jason Karcher, Nick J. Ortner
Is short-term, limited-duration insurance being repositioned as an alternative form of individual health insurance coverage, running parallel to the current Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act-compliant individual health insurance market rather than serving as a supplement to it?
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What can I afford? Mini-med 2.0 and cost-coverage questions in a post-ACA world
08 February 2017 - by Nick J. Ortner
What role could mini-medical plans play to address the financial challenges faced by consumers and their plan sponsors in a post-ACA environment?
