Next Step for Brokers and Healthplans
Brokers can offer AMC Next Step to their clients who purchase a healthplan. This option increases the value of the healthplan policy by ensuring that the client, in the event of a subsequent serious, catastrophic diagnosis is not limited to the healthplan’s contractual limitations in terms of identifying and understanding all of the medical options, both within and beyond the healthplan. Similarly, healthplans can directly add value to their products by affording their members direct and immediate access to AMC Next Step, a neutral third-party evaluation of the various choices and options available. Our experience to date has been that at least 50% of the time we encourage AMC Next Step clients to consider their in-plan options as being a reasonable or best choice.
For details of how Next Step works, please scroll down to “Next Step: An Idea Whose Time Has Come.” For financial details please contact AMC directly.
February 26, 2008 - Posted by Lou | Next Step for Brokers/Healthplans
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Mission
The mission of American Medical Consumers (AMC) is to empower medical consumers by making the shift to consumer-directed health care meaningful and beneficial, helping them to save money and to improve their health. AMC was founded to deal with one issue – MEDICAL CONSUMERISM – based on the primacy of medical consumers realistically partnering with their doctors.
SHORT-TERM GOAL: To minimize the financial and health liabilities of patients, particularly those with severe and chronic disorders.
LONG-TERM GOAL: To improve the American healthcare delivery system by modernizing it to a knowledge-based collaboration between doctor and patient, in contrast to contract-based superimpositions on both doctors and patient.
History
AMC was founded in November 1992 as a California company with a nationwide impact. This company is presently a wholly owned subsidiary of the California corporation, The Neurofibromatosis Institute, Inc. Since its founding, AMC has engaged over 2100 clients. As healthcare delivery industry insiders, we have helped individual customers to
* Obtain access to enhanced health care
* Decrease medical bills
* Pursue grievances and lawsuits
* Improve relations with doctors and healthplans
As well, we have provided direct assistance to numerous employers, practitioners, medical groups, healthplans, scholars, journalists, government agencies and self-help groups. In short, AMC is an established leader in medical consumerism.
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