Consumer Driven Health Care

Since the discounting levels from PPOs are a tightly guarded secret, employers are unaware that they are paying three times what the largest payer in the country has deemed to be fair reimbursement.

Self-insuring the health plan opens an employer to great opportunity, but looking to self-funding as the ultimate destination may bring great disappointment.

More consumers are looking for information from providers on how to lower costs, but many are not finding it, according to a HealthMine survey.

Choice in products and plans is at the core of most online benefits marketplaces operating today. Without meaningful choice, a solution would be hard pressed to deliver the results for employee satisfaction that the industry is currently realizing.

As the fate of CSRs continues to play out in Washington, here is a brief timeline of whats happened so far.

The big breakthrough in health care, both in reducing cost of care and in achieving better outcomes, is the disruptive entry of startups that provide coaching to patients.