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Strategies for Curbing Health Insurance Costs for State Employees: Benefit...

This issue brief looks at some of the tools that governors have to potentially reduce costs related to state employee health benefits. Some options include wellness programs, insurance plan design...

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Provider Market Power in the U.S. Health Care Industry:Assessing its Impact...

Catalyst for Payment Reform worked with Robert Murray to produce a report that 1) synthesizes and analyzes research on provider consolidation and market power and its impact on health care costs and...

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Strategies for Curbing Health Insurance Costs for State Employees while...

“Strategies for Curbing Health Insurance Costs for State Employees while Promoting Better Health and Quality” Thursday, November 29, 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM ESTBackground States are increasingly challenged...

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Webinar: Strategies for Curbing Health Insurance Costs for State Employees...

“Strategies for Curbing Health Insurance Costs for State Employees while Promoting Better Health and Quality” Thursday, November 29, 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM ESTBackground States are increasingly challenged...

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Health Systems Must Strive for Data Maturity

The increased attention and focus on analytics and data-driven decision making over the past decades can be seen as a good thing, but human beings have a limited ability to process large amounts of...

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Workplace Wellness Programs

The Affordable Care Act of 2010 will, as of 2014, expand employers’ ability to reward employees who meet health status goals by participating in wellness programs—and, in effect, to require employees...

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In Consumer-Directed Health Plans, A Majority Of Patients Were Unaware Of...

Consumer-directed health plans are plans with high deductibles that typically require patients to bear no out-of-pocket costs for preventive care, such as annual physicals or screening tests, in order...

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Health Systems Must Strive for Data Maturity

The increased attention and focus on analytics and data-driven decision making over the past decades can be seen as a good thing, but human beings have a limited ability to process large amounts of...

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U.S. Postal Service: Proposed Health Plan Could Improve Financial Condition,...

According to a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) would likely realize large financial gains from its proposed health care plan, mainly by increasing...

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Montana Opens New State Employee On-Site Health Clinic

With rising health care costs, no increases in the amount paid by the employer, and a shortage of primary care providers in most cities, Montana decided to explore new avenues to contain costs and...

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