Karen Ignagni
Karen Ignagni
Karen Ignagniis the President and Chief Executive Officer of EmblemHealth as of 9/1/2015, until which time she was the President and Chief Executive Officer of America's Health Insurance Plans, formerly HIAA. She is often mentioned as one of the most effective lobbyists and the most powerful people in healthcare. She is involved in health care reform in the United States, working to benefit health insurance companies...
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It's been a little too easy to attribute it to managed care. There are a number of factors here that could explain overcrowding and increases in the numbers of people in certain periods going to the emergency room.
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The subtext of the Democratic proposal is: If you have a problem, get a lawyer.
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This new joint venture will provide people throughout the health care sector and beyond the opportunity to hear from the nation's leading thought leaders who are in the trenches shaping the health care system for America's future.
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There's no study to suggest this is taking place.
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The Achilles heel here for the discussion is cost. What happens in terms of what working families are required to pay?
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What we have here, I think, is quite a lot of noise with respect to this matter of clinical practice, who should decide, and what have you, ... but not enough information on the part of physicians and patients about how processes are actually working.
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Most people don't realize that every day women's lives are being saved and their quality of life improved because health plans have developed programs that safeguard women's health.
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When you get out of Washington and listen to seniors, you learn that seniors are saving and that the vast majority are not experiencing problems.
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While these data are of little comfort to any senior who has experienced a problem, they do put the scope of the issue in perspective. Our community's job is to work collaboratively with beneficiaries, pharmacies, physicians and advocacy organizations to resolve any remaining transition issues.
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That's a conversation that's proven to be an extremely difficult conversation, state by state and in Washington.
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We share this goal of making sure that individuals receive value for their premiums, on the other hand, we're looking to see the impact of potentially unintended consequences of affordability and access.
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The payments from the government are not covering the cost of caring for this population group.
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Access to an emergency room, if they reasonably believe they should go, they should go and be paid for appeals. Making sure that an individual that has a concern, a complaint, a grievance -- it needs to be handled expeditiously.
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This approach has rewarded the over-utilization and misuse of services and resulted in higher payments when health care complications arise.