Consumer Driven Health Care

Belief that we can still be responsible consumers is perhaps the hardest task in today's health care market, but we must tackle it now.

Unnecessary health care services cost the industry $750 billion annually. For employers looking to bring their health care spending into check, this is a good place to start.

Consumer dissatisfaction with the financial and administrative aspects of health care is growing,

Health researchers and advocates have identified a number of potential solutions that could tackle the problem of balance billing. Take a look.

Group health brokers who sell themselves as being innovative and non-status quo continue to ignore enhanced voluntary benefits, thus serving only half their clients and arguably snubbing those who need their cost-saving strategies the most: the employees.

Although employers are often left out of discussions about making research more relevant to clinical practice, they can help improve the use of evidence-based care.