Since 2009, I’ve been blessed to have a job that encourages me to meet my friends and neighbors in Louisiana, traveling across all 64 parishes. By my count, I’ve made presentations, workshops, compliance seminars or university lectures in 60 parishes (at least!) in the past 15 years. Read more
I bet this has happened to you:
You need to go to the doctor, your regular doc is unavailable (maybe he retired, took a vacation, changed jobs, whatever), and now you have to see a new doctor, possibly one in a different clinic or organization. And the QUESTIONS begin.
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I’ve been so blessed the past few years. Since 2019, all three of my kids have married, one has had a child (hilarious!) and we have another grandchild on the way. My lovely wife retired after 35 years working hard as a registered nurse in various roles here in Louisiana. She’s now having fun as a full-time caregiver for a very busy 7-month-old boy! He’s at my house a lot, which makes my life even more fun! Call me Gramps! Read more
Every year, giant companies that have been successful around the world doing non-healthcare-related things try to dip their toes into the healthcare business and “fix” it. And there are always new start-ups that try to “disrupt” healthcare or health insurance.
I’ve watched them for years. And from my experience, these groups fall into two categories: Read more
If you are like me, you get really irritated when somebody makes a choice for you that you feel perfectly capable of making for yourself. Guess I was just raised and wired to research, contemplate and act on my own choices. Read more
Among the older relatives I grew up with, including my parents and their siblings, a common saying they used has resonated with me over the years. And even now, as a person charged with forecasting our entire Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana membership numbers one, three or even five years into the future, this saying rings true:
“Don’t borrow trouble.” Read more
