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Sherlock Company and Health Plans

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Sherlock Company assists health plans, their business partners and their investors in the treasury, strategic and control functions of finance. Since our founding in 1987, we have been known for our single-minded focus on the needs of our health plan clients and for our high standards of technical competence.

We serve only health plans and their related businesses, and we serve them with mutually reinforcing services. Sherlock Company has performed over 140 financial advisory assignments for health plans, we offer the health plan industry’s definitive cost and performance benchmarks and we publish two influential and highly regarded research newsletters. Our performance benchmarks complement our corporate finance activities, and both corporate finance and performance benchmarks inform our published research.

Our three principle services are as follows:

• The Sherlock Expense Evaluation Reports are the definitive benchmarks for health plan administrative expenses and operational performance. New benchmarks are nearing publication.

• Our monthly newsletter PULSE covers a wide range of topics that are critical to health plan managers, consultants, and researchers.

• Sherlock Company has been providing Corporate Finance Services for health plans for nearly twenty-five years.

Presentations and Recent Navigators

• Podcast, August 2010, MCOL Qurterly Reports - Second Quarter of 2010
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• Presentation, 8-5-10, Blue Cross Blue Shield Administrative Costs: A Review of 2009 Results
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• Navigator, August 2010, Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans' Administrative Costs Grew Modestly in 2009
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• Presentation, 7-16-10, Independent/Provider-Sponsored Administrative Costs: A Review of 2009 Results
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• Navigator, Mid July 2010, Independent / Provider - Sponsored Plans' Administrative Costs were 8% of Premium in 2009
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• Navigator, June 2010, SEER Participation as Indicator of Administrative Cost Focus
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• Podcast, May 2010, MCOL Qurterly Reports - First Quarter of 2010
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• Navigator, Late April 2010, Interactions between Claims Processing Costs and Other Functions for Medicare and Medicaid Plans
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• Navigator, Mid April 2010, Drivers of Claims Processing Costs for Medicare and Medicaid Plans
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• Navigator, Early April 2010, Medicare, Medicaid, Health Care Reform and Administrative Expenses
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• Podcast, February 2010, MCOL Qurterly Reports - Fourth Quarter of 2009
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• Navigator, February 2010, Recent Operational Metric Trends - Provider Management, Corporate Services and HR/Compensation/Staffing
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