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Compass – Customer Testimonials

June 8, 2011 – 7:09 am by DrEric

Everything went very smoothly and I have gotten more detailed cost information from Compass than I could have gotten out of a doctor or even my insurance company. Thank you for all your help! I will contact you if I have any other questions regarding this or any other insurance coverage question I may have. -Mike, Retail Store employee “Thank you Compass for ALL of your help! I have only lived in Texas 2 ½ years and Compass has given me the best service of ANY place, (restaurants, stores, hospitals, doctors, insurance company, cable, phone, internet, etc…), hands-down! “ -Ruth, Bank employee

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June 2, 2011 – 1:40 pm by DrEric

“Had I not contacted Compass, I would have spent at least $700 more than what I should have.” --Rob, Title Company employee “I heard back from [the insurance company] and received the 50% reimbursement that I was looking for. I can’t thank Compass enough for your help. Your assistance relieved so much of my stress. I will sing praises to Compass to everyone.” --Amber, Property Management Company employee

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Compass Customer Testimonials

May 31, 2011 – 11:42 am by DrEric

I was thrilled that you were able to save me the $128.14 that my provider was billing me for. Moving forward, I will definitely send you information as early in the process as I can. --Kelly, Advertising Agency employee With your help on alternative blood pressure and high cholesterol medicine for my husband, we are saving close to $200.00 a month. Thank you for saving us money. --Lacey, Marketing Company employee

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May 24, 2011 – 7:52 am by DrEric

Here are two more examples of satisfied Compass members. “I saved quite a bit out of pocket with the MRI and Doppler Compass found me. Both places were excellent in getting me in and treating me. They are near enough to each other you can schedule them same day. I let my boss know how this worked for me. In addition to that it saved $1,400 on my deductible which is $2,500. So my boss will not have to pay as much out of pocket for me either.” --Beth, Manufacturing Company employee After getting a mammogram back in April, I received a $106.25 bill from the radiologist who read it. I knew I shouldn't have to pay it, and contacted Compass. After researching it, she said they sent it to a radiologist who was out of network…Compass appealed it, and forced them to file it in network…and I now have a zero balance! Compass really was ...

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Compass Customer Testimonials

May 23, 2011 – 9:04 am by DrEric

Here are 2 examples of satified Compass members. "I am very pleased with the help I have received from Compass. You have responded quickly to my questions and given me details to make a decision and most important to me, you saved me money, almost $1,200! I will continue to use Compass for any future needs." --Dawn, Retail Company employee "I cannot tell you both what a pleasure it is to work with you. As a consumer, I normally have no idea what the costs of the various tests are that the doctors ask for. But last week when the doctor wanted to send me to the local hospital to get an MRI done, Compass discovered it would be nearly $1600 plus $200-$400 to read it. There was a place about 10 miles further away who would do the very same thing for $750 including the reading, there is no choice but to take the least expensive one. And ...

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Castlight Health Receives Major Funding for Price-Transparency

July 1, 2010 – 12:02 pm by DrEric

A recent article in the New York Times (http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/bringing-comparison-shopping-to-the-doctors-office/?scp=1&sq=castlight,%20price-transparency&st=csedescribes) describes how Castlight Health has raised over $80 million to create a healthcare price-transparency solution for employers and individuals. Compass has been providing a healthcare price-transparency solution to employers for three years. Castlight's fundraising further supports the Compass value proposition. Compass' 120+ employer clients in 46 states are actively using Compass to shop for lower cost healthcare services. Not only are Compass customers saving money, but they also have higher levels of benefit satisfaction and feel very supported during the paradigm shift to a consumer directed health plan.

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Compass in Recent Insure.com Article

May 10, 2010 – 8:23 am by DrEric

Compass Chief Medical Officer, Eric Bricker, MD was recently interviewed for an article on Insure.com on how patients can talk to their doctor about medical costs. Go here to read the article and learn how to talk to doctors about lower cost medications, tests and procedures: http://www.insure.com/articles/healthinsurance/etiquette-of-asking-for-price-breaks-and-free-drugs.html

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Compass Stance on Recent Health Reform Legislation

April 27, 2010 – 8:39 am by DrEric

The recent health reform legislation will continue to alter the landscape of an already dynamic healthcare system. While companies face the regulatory compliance challenges that the legislation brings, it is important that they do not take their eye off of three major healthcare trends: (1) Costs will continue to rise (2) Quality will continue to be variable and inconsistent (3) Access to care will continue to be uncoordinated and limited Consumerism will continue to address these trends in a positive fashion for employers and their employees. There are many examples of this positive effect of consumerism. The Land O'Lakes, Inc experience is just one of them: http://newsroom.cigna.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1144 Now that the legislation has passed, Consumerism will still bring Lower Cost, Improved Quality, Better Access.

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Costs are Rising: You need Compass!

October 19, 2009 – 6:00 am by ScottSchoenvogel

The most recent healthcare article on CNN announces dramatic increases in employee healthcare costs this year: http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/19/news/economy/healthcare_openenrollment_changes/index.htm. While no-one wants to see healthcare costs continuing to increase, you can prepare and protect yourself against these changes when you use Compass as your guide. We are only the only service with the market intelligence and consumer savvy to help you get ahead of your healthcare decision making. Compass gives you the tools to know how to spend your money wisely while accessing the quality care you need.

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A Great Column in “The Atlantic”

September 18, 2009 – 9:00 am by ScottSchoenvogel

David Goldhill wrote an article for the The Atlantic titled "How American Healthcare Killed my Father". In the article, he uses his father's death from infection in a NY hospital to discuss healthcare reform and consumerism. David is a self-professed Democrat but he is concerned about reform's effort to disassociate consumerism from the healthcare service process. Here is his last paragraph: "Before we further remove ourselves as direct consumers of healthcare -with all of our beneficial influence on quality, service, and price - let me ask you to consider one more question. Imagine my father's hospital had to submit the bill for his "care" not to a government bureaucracy but to my grieving mother. Do you really believe the hospital - forced to face the victim of its poor quality service, forced to collect the bill from the real customer - wouldn't have figured out how to make its doctors wash their ...

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Quit Wasting My Healthcare

Compass – Customer Testimonials

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Compass Customer Testimonials

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Compass Customer Testimonials

Castlight Health Receives Major Funding for Price-Transparency

Compass in Recent Insure.com Article

Compass Stance on Recent Health Reform Legislation

Costs are Rising: You need Compass!

A Great Column in “The Atlantic”

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