CLEAR! - Howrigon, Ron
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With his signature concise and conversational language, Ron Howrigon, former health insurance executive, economist, and CEO of Fulcrum Strategies, a medical provider consulting company, explains the impact of our healthcare system on the U.S. economy and what we should do about it. With healthcare spending accounting for nearly 20% of the U.S. economy and growing, Ron lays out a logical approach to healthcare reform that is needed to change this unsustainable trajectory. CLEAR! Reforming Healthcare to Save the U.S. Economy expands on his first book, FLATLINING, by walking us through the key…mehr

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With his signature concise and conversational language, Ron Howrigon, former health insurance executive, economist, and CEO of Fulcrum Strategies, a medical provider consulting company, explains the impact of our healthcare system on the U.S. economy and what we should do about it. With healthcare spending accounting for nearly 20% of the U.S. economy and growing, Ron lays out a logical approach to healthcare reform that is needed to change this unsustainable trajectory. CLEAR! Reforming Healthcare to Save the U.S. Economy expands on his first book, FLATLINING, by walking us through the key components of healthcare that are ripe for reform. Revisiting some topics and exploring new ones, Ron aims to up the volume of the healthcare discussion and get us to a system that is cost-effective, delivers quality care, and makes us a healthier nation. Readers will discover: What the COVID-19 pandemic taught us about the U.S. healthcare system. What worked, what didn't, and how to use this knowledge to improve. That either side of the healthcare debate could work, but only if each addresses the fundamental issues causing the problem. The key factors contributing to the rising cost of healthcare, and how they can be addressed. ¿What goals can be set to reduce the cost of healthcare and provide the level of care expected from the wealthiest nation in the world.
Autorenporträt
Ron Howrigon has spent over three and half decades in the healthcare industry. He started at Kaiser Permanente, and spent the next eighteen years working for several of the largest insurance companies in the U.S. He held positions in senior management in a large vertically integrated system and in medical practice management. Since 2004 he has provided consulting support to thousands of physicians across the country. He has seen all aspects of the U.S. healthcare delivery and financing system. Ron was awarded a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a concentration in economics from Western Michigan University and a Master's in Economics from North Carolina State University. In 2004, he founded Fulcrum Strategies to provide contract negotiation services to physicians across the U.S. The company has grown into offering consulting services in public relations, strategic planning, mergers, and speaking services to physicians, associations, and other related companies. Ron lives in North Carolina with his wife and three children. His oldest son has autism which Ron describes as being the hardest and best thing he has ever done or will ever do. He is active in his community having served on the Board of Directors for the Mariposa School for Autism, and the Miracle League of the Triangle, a baseball league dedicated to providing children with special needs the opportunity to participate in an activity that would otherwise not be available to them. Ron is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Autism Society of North Carolina.