Jim Mueller - Mueller QAAS
Jim is the founder, President, and CEO of Mueller QAAS, LLC, an independent healthcare consulting firm located in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Jim provides leadership and strategic direction to Mueller QAAS, and also provides his clients with objective market insight on their employee benefit decisions.
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Lessons from the health crisis
When the Coronavirus pandemic reached Wisconsin and the Governor issued his statewide shutdown order of non-essential business in late March, most businesses and individuals...
Better prepared patients, higher-value healthcare
Autumn is here, meaning it's time for some of the most unpredictable weather of the year in Wisconsin. Like the weather, our healthcare system...
Strategies for health plan savings
Now more than ever, employers of all sizes are looking for opportunities to improve their balance sheets by reducing or eliminating unnecessary expenses. Some...
Lessons from the lockdown
When the Coronavirus pandemic reached Wisconsin and the Governor issued his statewide shutdown order of non-essential business in late March, most businesses and individuals...
Health care disruption has consequences
As the next presidential election creeps closer by the day, we will all hear a lot about our nation’s health care system over the...
The troubling truth about health care
With children back in school and flu season right around the corner, fall is the season when health care and benefits are top of...
Why are high costs reducing access to medicine?
The cost of prescription drugs has been rising for years, and many medications are now unaffordable for a significant number of Americans. According to...
Better prepared patients, higher-value health care
Summer is finally here, though the Wisconsin weather can still be a bit unpredictable. Before enjoying the great outdoors, it is best to follow...
Open data is essential to fixing health care
Although patients’ personal health care data is rightly protected by law for privacy reasons, data on costs and outcomes is secreted away in silos for business reasons.
Consolidation in health care, disruption coming soon?
On the broker side, small agencies are cashing out by selling to larger brokerage firms.
Medical costs trending higher
High-cost claims can have a huge impact on group benefit plan renewals.
