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Ronald BartonPresidentThe Profit Consultant

Investors have to get real about Healthcare

June 1, 2011

Analysis of:U.S. scores dead last again in healthcare study | www.reuters.com

Healthcare costs are crippling America’s competiveness and our economic recovery. They are about 20% of the US economy and over 30% of the total Federal Budget. The healthcare debate rages on, however, with complete disregard of the proven facts on how to reduce healthcare costs and improve quality and access. 

Alfred LewisPresidentDisease Management Purchasing Consortium International, Inc

Distinguishing Fact from Fiction in Care Management Outcomes Reports

March 8, 2011

Analysis of:States Take Lead in Adopting Medical Home Models | www.aafp.org

Too many bad policy decisions are made based on published, often peer-reviewed studies in which the numbers simply don't add up. The most often-cited example in patient-centered medical homes is the North Carolina Medicaid Community Care Access Program, alleged to save $300,000,000/year by now. However, the keynote at next week's Disease Management Colloquium in Philadelphia (www.dmconferences.com) will demonstrate that this number is fictional, and is easily refuted by actual data.

Ronald BartonPresidentThe Profit Consultant

Investor Opportunities in the HR Space

July 30, 2010

Analysis of:Aon buys Hewitt in a move to expand its Consulting Arm | www.nytimes.com

We are in the midst of the most rapid Global Organizational Transformation of Industry that has ever occurred. Organizations are recognizing the opportunities for using new Human Capital strategies and technology to change outdated concepts and more effectively drive value and improve productivity through people.This is dramatically changing the landscape of the HR Consulting and Outsourcing market,  and new players are emerging in this $20bn+ global marketplace.

Ronald BartonPresidentThe Profit Consultant

A Fresh Perspective on Executive Compensation levels in the Finance industry

March 8, 2010

Analysis of:US Financial Firms' Top Executive Bonuses Up 17 Percent in 2009 | www1.voanews.com

We are justifying enormous compensation packages in the Finance Industry particularly to "purchase" a business risk insurance caused by the impact of technology and the outdated organizations that have an over concentration of risk in key individuals and roles. Management's false argument is that they have to do it to retain key talent.Because internal equity is a key element of compensation design the senior management have a vested interest in the people working for them being highly paid.

Ronald BartonPresidentThe Profit Consultant

A fresh perspective of Executive Compensation Levels and Business Risk

January 20, 2010

Analysis of:SIMFA Guidelines for Compensation | www.sifma.org

Executive Compensation has become such an emotive issue that the key points are being missed and shareholders are confused about the logic behind reasonable compensation. Investors need to look not only at fundamental incentive compensation practices and their impact on risk taking, they need also to be looking at the concentration of business risk in key individuals, indicated by the justification for excessive compensation levels.

Ronald BartonPresidentThe Profit Consultant

What is the Future for the US Health Care Industry?

October 15, 2009

Analysis of:Facts on Healthcare | www.nchc.org

What is really going on in our Health Care Industry is being blurred with emotion, politics and self interest propaganda. Any of the other major industrial countries would provide regulated quality Universal Healthcare for more than $1 trillion dollars less than we are spending now. This waste is draining about $500 billion of our tax dollars, $300 billion of corporate expense and $200 billion of consumer spending. The key question is, "is Regulating the Health Care Industry inevitable?"

Ronald BartonPresidentThe Profit Consultant

We have to burst the Healthcare Bubble

February 2, 2009

Analysis of:Facts on Healthcare | www.nchc.org

We have the world's most expensive healthcare system costing $2.4 trillion per Year 4.3 times more than we spend on national defense, 20% of GDP. It is also one of the world's worst systems ranked 37th by the World Health Organization. Costs are escalating at 7%, at least twice the rate of inflation. Our Healthcare System is the most inefficient and wasteful among leading industrial countries. Other countries with some regulation, provide Universal Healthcare for about half of the cost of our system, which does not. We can support economic recovery through healthcare reform. About 46% of the US population is receiving government provided healthcare at a cost of $1 trillion. This includes politicians, prisoners, armed forces, federal and state employees and Medicaide and Medicare recipients. There is little central purchasing power leverage and billions of our tax dollars are being wasted along with billions of dollars of philanthropic, employer, employee and individuals monies.

Ronald BartonPresidentThe Profit Consultant

Turbocharging organization capability a la Google

March 5, 2008

Analysis of:Management a la Google, WSJ 4/26/2006 | online.wsj.com

Nearly all major companies are operating outdated organizational concepts that support egos and greed but do not use people and technology to maximize investor value. A few companies are challenging these concepts, Google being one, but no company has made the transformation to a truly "intelligent organization". The first company that establishes a true value focused culture and organization which recognises how people drive value and supports them with the technology that is now available will gain tremendous competitive advantage.

Daniel BucklePrincipalEmployee Benefit Resources of South Texas

PBM's Fail Employers with Mail

May 9, 2007

Analysis of:Comparison of Mail Order with community Pharmacy Cost | www.amcp.org

Mail did not produce higher generic utilization rates or lower costs for employers who hired a PBM to accomplish both.

Daniel BucklePrincipalEmployee Benefit Resources of South Texas

Media Smells Blood at Big Pharma

April 2, 2007

Analysis of:Under The Influence | www.cbsnews.com

60 Minutes aired its story last night on the impact of The Pharmaceutical Lobby in writing and passing  Medicare Prescription Drug Plan.

Over the course of the upcoming Presidential campaign  the high cost of prescription drugs will become an issue and spill over into employer plans as well with implications for PBMS and Pharmaceutical Margins.

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