Consumer Driven Health Care

People in high-deductible plans who buy drugs with big rebates will get the greatest savings from the move.

Let's be honest: terms like “data analytics” tend to make many people's eyes glaze over. Having an expert who can explain the concepts and strategies will do a lot to make it truly useful to companies and their employees.

A growing number of health systems encourage selected acutely ill ER patients to opt for hospital-level care at home.

"This is no time to be timid," says Health and Human Services secretary Alex Azar.

While employers had hoped HDHPs would prove popular with employees and help to shift health care costs to workers, employees aren't buying into it.

Technology, market forces and regulations are expanding the health care continuum at an ever-accelerating pace, and brokers have their hands full simply processing and understanding the rapid changes.