New Hampshire Business Review - August 28 2009

Rethinking health insurance

I’m all for Congress and the president taking a hard look at the health-care industry with an eye to reform. I agree with those who claim that the current system does not have practical long-term economic sustainability and that a…

Managing to lead

We hear a lot about leadership these days, and for good reason. Between the banking and automaker financial crises and subsequent government interventions, and in the fallout of such recent corporate frauds and scandals as Enron, WorldCom and Tyco, there…

The Shriver-N.H. connection

Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of President John F. Kennedy and wife of former vice presidential candidate R. Sargent Shriver, died the second week of August at the age of 88. Founder of the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation and its…

Anthem incentive program focuses on performance

Elliot Hospital and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in New Hampshire have announced a multiple-year renewal of their contract, an agreement that also includes the Manchester hospital’s continued participation in Anthem’s Quality Hospital Incentive Program (Q-HIP), a “pay-for-performance” collaboration.…