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Bernard Health announces strengthened partnership model with financial advisors

By Ryan McCostlin on July 6, 2017

Strengthening relationships with financial planners in face of increasingly expensive, complicated healthcare environment Bernard...

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Tools to slow healthcare spending represent $8.6 billion in revenue for providers in ‘17

By Ryan McCostlin on March 30, 2017

Check out this column on Becker's Hospital Review Americans are prudent, resourceful, and productive. We're responsible for Silicon Valley,...

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3 tips for choosing health insurance in Nashville for '17

By Ryan McCostlin on October 30, 2016

Your options in Tennessee for 2017 Over 70,000 Nashville-area Tennesseans have individual health insurance through Blue Cross Blue Shield of...

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How one hospital helped the uninsured by partnering with Bernard Health

By Ryan McCostlin on March 31, 2016

25-bed Critical Access Hospital helps 480 patients find health insurance in first year of partnership Macon County General Hospital (MCGH) is a...

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How to verify your income on HealthCare.gov

By Ryan McCostlin on July 22, 2015

HealthCare.gov: Reader Q+A I received a letter from the marketplace saying that I need to verify my income. How do I do that? If you chose a...

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How Bernard is partnering with one hospital to help the uninsured

By Ryan McCostlin on July 14, 2015

(Update: In the first year of this partnership, Bernard Health and MCGH helped 480 patients find health insurance. Click here for our updated...

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Bernard helps patients at Macon County General Hospital

By Ryan McCostlin on April 21, 2015

How one hospital is partnering with Bernard to help their patients Up to six million Americans are expected to pay a tax penalty this year for...

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My company is renewing the health plan in April. Does that mean my deductible starts over?

By Ryan McCostlin on March 31, 2015

Reader Q+A I am certainly no health insurance guru and get lost in the language all the time. I had VERY EXPENSIVE knee replacement surgery in...

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An open letter to Bernard "Healthcare Advisor" prospects

By Ryan McCostlin on March 10, 2015

We're looking for candidates in Indianapolis and Cleveland Dear prospective team member, Hi, I’m Ryan. I joined Bernard Health in 2010 to open a...

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Top 5 ways hospitals are helping patients find health insurance

By Ryan McCostlin on February 27, 2015

How do the uninsured find healthcare? Not having health insurance doesn't keep Americans from seeing a doctor. Millions of uninsured Americans...

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