2013 rise in employer health costs lowest in years
Employers, it appears, worked hard to hold down health plan cost increases this year. But don’t count on another new low in 2014.
Employers, it appears, worked hard to hold down health plan cost increases this year. But don’t count on another new low in 2014.
Once a rarity, consumer-driven health care plans have become a mainstream design among large employers.
Employer satisfaction with health plan costs is going up, according to the J.D. Power 2013 Employer Health Plan Study, yet health plans may risk losing group business unless they improve satisfaction in other areas.
Swelling health care costs and administrative headaches are driving some employers to make a major shift in health plans.
Report reveals a sobering gap in employee readiness to handle and take on the shift toward consumer-driven health plans
Beyond tweaks to deductibles, employers could find savings if they focused more on “value-based” models
Majority of employees have never heard of the phrase “consumer-driven health care”
Consumers today can customize everything, including benefit packages.
Study reveals the increase in HSAs and HRAs combined with CDHPs
Read why CDHP’s are falling and how they could perform better.