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Make Your Organization a HIMSS15 Standout!

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Don’t get lost amongst the 1,200+ exhibitors that will be fighting for the attention of 38,000 or so health IT professionals at next spring’s HIMSS conference. Make sure your brand is top-of-mind before the attendees descend on Chicago April 12-16.

THCB  understands that exhibiting at HIMSS requires a significant financial and time commitment for participating vendors. Our goal is to help organizations maximize their marketing success by sharing their message with the 6,000 THCB readers who visit our site each day.

HIMSS exhibitors wishing to connect with our highly healthcare-centric audience are encouraged to take advantage of one of our HIMSS Specials.

Our sweet marketing packages include:

  • Unbeatable social media exposure on THCB and Twitter
  • Awesome THCB front page placement (logo, ad unit, guest blog post)
  • Networking access to THCB’s healthcare obsessed audience of 650,000 plus healthcare pros
  • Other slick advantages that will help you stand out during and after the event

A limited number of promotional opportunities remain. Contact Michelle Noteboom for details on  options and to reserve your spot.

Why Can’t I Change My Plan?

A THCB reader writes in with a question and a pretty disruptive suggestion. @NorCal Exchange writes:

“I’m a small business owner. I’m also a card-carrying Democrat. Frankly, I’m pretty pissed off about the way things have gone with this roll-out so far.  This was our one chance to get health reform right. And from what I can tell, we’ve totally screwed it up. Here’s one more thing a lot of the media coverage is missing. Even though THCB readers understand how open enrollment works, I’m guessing a lot of ordinary Americans don’t realize that under the new rules once they’ve applied for coverage they’re basically stuck with what they’ve got until the next enrollment period. This was a pretty big change in the first place. With all of this insanity, I’m guessing people are probably not reading the fine print and don’t know they’re locked in.

My prediction: there are going to be a lot of really unhappy people in the early part of 2014, when people realize what they’ve gotten themselves into. Why not allow people to change their plans? If you want an Amazon.com for healthcare, make the market for health insurance the same way as the market for anything else. If people decide to upgrade their coverage let them. If they get pissed at UnitedHealth’s customer service, let them cancel their policy and switch to AETNA or CIGNA. If I’m an idiot and don’t want preventative coverage let me build my own plan. If I’m worried that my daughter might get cancer let me add the Mayo clinic to my network. If my kid plays sports, let me add better ortho coverage. Yeah. Yeah. I know. This will turn the traditional underwriting model upside down. And a couple of health plans may even go out of business. But so what? My business may end up going out of business.  These guys are smart. They’ll figure out twenty new ways to make money and they’ll end up thanking us for disrupting their precious monopoly …”

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