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Stacey is co-president of Aventria Health Group, a marketing agency specializing in helping pharmaceutical, device and pharmacy clients gain access to patients by creating and leveraging partnerships with other health care organizations. For twenty years, Stacey has innovated better-coordinated health solutions benefiting all stakeholders, and most of all the patient.

00:00 David Goldhill \u201cCatastrophic Care: How American Health Care Killed My Father--and How We Can Fix It\u201d
01:00 Health Insurance by its very nature in our Healthcare Industry.
02:30 The average American contributes $1.2 million dollars in premiums and contributions.
03:15 Managing Non-Catastrophic claims.
03:30 \u201cHealth Insurance isn\u2019t really Health Insurance, if it pays for anticipated expenses.\u201d
04:40 \u201cWe\u2019re paying someone 20% to pay someone on our behalf.\u201d
05:20 Connecting the dots between Healthcare Services and Insurance Premiums.
06:15 The notion that there\u2019s no direct line between Healthcare Cost and Insurance Premiums.
06:30 \u201cWho\u2019s paying for this cost?\u201d
07:20 \u201cThere is nobody else - right now, we\u2019re paying for our healthcare costs.\u201d
09:15 \u201cInsurance Companies have a rational financial interest in seeing Healthcare Costs go up.\u201d
10:20 \u201cHealthcare is a form of consumption.\u201d
11:00 Medicare and Medicaid Cost Control.
11:40 Driving vs. Documenting Care.
12:15 Diagnostic Related Group (DRG), Prospective Payment System (PPS), and Fee For Service (FFS).
14:00 700% cost increase for a Hospital Stay since DRGs in 1983.
15:10 \u201cPatients are actually the only ones who have a vested interest in actually keeping costs low.\u201d
16:00 Consumers and Patients as being equipped to judge quality of Effective Care.
18:30 \u201cWho is better?\u201d
19:00 Affordable Healthcare Act as a Health Insurance Bill.
19:20 Health Insurance is not a synonym for Healthcare.