The Executive's Guide to Controlling Health Care and Disability Costs: Strategy-Based Solutions [Hardcover]

Bruce N. Barge (Author), John G. Carlson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1993

"The Executive’s Guide to Controlling Health Care and Disability Costs is much more than a standard guide to cost containment techniques. Rather, it brings together the achievements of leading organizations, the most current research, and a strategic vision incorporating quality and value imperatives, continuous learning and improvement, and information-driven action commitments. The authors show the opportunity for improvement is great regardless of the direction of change in state and national public policies." —Mary Jane England, MD President Washington Business Group on Health "A groundbreaking book offering both innovative strategies and concrete solutions for employers. A must for any executive interested in regaining control over health and disability costs." —William D. Hager President and Chief Executive Officer National Council on Compensation Insurance "This book integrates the key ingredients for successful control of health care and workers’ compensation costs: active, hands-on management by the employer, attention to the human beings involved, an effective organizational culture, and the same care and attention as given to quality." —Douglas F. Stevenson Executive Director National Council of Self-Insurers "The Executive’s Guide to Controlling Health Care and Disability Costs injects a much needed dash of optimism into a pessimistic broth. We all need to be reminded that there are things we can do to manage this problem and that waiting for Washington to solve it is simply not enough." —John W. Rowe President and Chief Executive Officer New England Electric System "Management of their own employee health plan ranks among the most significant challenges facing the 1990s executive. The authors explain managed care and outline all the critical associated issues in an uncommonly insightful, nonjargonistic manner. The chapter on the new importance of health care information systems is essential reading." —Brian S. Gould, MD Senior Vice President United Health Care Corporation

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Uses a vast amount of examples to show that, by making health concerns part of the overall corporate strategy, companies can promote employee well-being, provide necessary health services, keep a lid on skyrocketing costs and ensure long-term financial stability.

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A breakthrough book offering workable company strategies for controlling out-of-control health care, workers’ compensation, and disability costs… Recent polls have shown that CEOs today consider rising and uncontrollable health care costs to be the number one threat to keeping their organizations competitive. Even worse, many executives feel there is little they can do to regain control of exploding health and disability costs. This is the first book written specifically for executives, providing both a strategic blueprint and real-world examples for how employers can control and even reduce these spiraling costs. The Executive’s Guide to Controlling Health Care and Disability Costs addresses the issues of health care, workers’ compensation, and disability costs from a managerial and strategic perspective. You’ll find innovative new ways to take action and examples from leading organizations that have achieved success. Applicable to corporations, nonprofit and government organizations, this book:

• Explains causes and solutions for health and disability costs in the language of management, accessible to people throughout the organization
• Shows how employers can both reduce costs and improve health, capitalizing on previously untapped leverage within their organization
• Integrates approaches from a variety of disciplines, including systems thinking, quality management, organizational culture, and financial management
• Offers practical techniques for increasing involvement and accountability among employees and line managers
• Documents the most successful approaches for dealing with the health issues of the ’90s, including stress and mental health, wellness, substance abuse, and chronic disability
• Shows how to harvest the competitive advantage in productivity and quality that ensues from effective health and disability management
• Supplies models for overall strategy and systems, concrete steps for operational action, and a measurement framework for ensuring value and results

The Executive’s Guide to Controlling Health Care and Disability Costs is designed to develop win-win solutions. With this book, you’ll learn how to promote employee health, increase levels of value from health expenditures, control costs, and ensure the long-term viability of your organization.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (July 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471584975
• ISBN-13: 978-0471584971
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,051,608 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Executive's Guide is top shelf resource for 24-hour plans, May 6, 1997

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This review is from: The Executive's Guide to Controlling Health Care and Disability Costs: Strategy-Based Solutions (Hardcover)

Despite the insurance industry's tendency to tout integrated disability and medical management plans, there remains a dearth of available information to guide the interested business manager through the process. The Executive's Guide to Controlling Health Care and Disability Costs: Strategy-Based Solutions provides an excellent overview and in-depth treatment of why companies should pursue an integrated approach toward disability and health care management, and how exactly they should do it