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Managed Care November 2003	Double-digit increases continue for health benefits Despite some slowing in the trend, employers can still expect to face the fifth straight year of double-digit increases for employee health care benefits. Towers Perrin surveyed 200 businesses with an average workforce of 7,200 to find that a 12-percent increase in costs is expected in 2004.
Managed Care November 2006	Managed Care Outlook Health benefit costs continue to outpace CPI.
Managed Care June 2005 MargaretAnn Cross	Consumer-Directed and Home-Brewed Regional health plans and small HMOs coming late to the consumer-directed health plan market haven't missed out -- yet.
Managed Care July 2007 Lola Butcher	Consumer-Directed Plans Fall Short of Expectation As the consumer-directed health plan design approaches its seventh year in the marketplace, some wonder if it will ever be more than a niche product.
Managed Care July 2005 John A. Marcille	Talk About Consumer Plans Rapidly Becoming Reality After years of expectation and debate, consumer-directed health plans are all over the place.
Managed Care May 2002	Small employers plan to shift increased costs to workers Small companies -- those with 3 to 24 employees -- are bracing for continuing health care cost increases, and indicate that they may have to shift more of that expense to workers
InternetNews December 24, 2003 Robyn Greenspan	Chatters Quieting Down While other forms of communication grow at explosive rates, chat room participation plateaus.
Managed Care July 2005	Fear Called Primary Factor In How Coverage Is Chosen Fear and insecurity play a huge role in how people make decisions about health coverage, according to a study by Towers Perrin.
Managed Care November 2005 MargaretAnn Cross	Health Plans by Design, Not by Default Fortune 500 employers are ready to shed old benefit models for "managed consumerism".
Managed Care June 2005 Frates & Severoni	Consumer-Directed Health Plans: Enrollee Views, Early Employer Experience As CDHPs increasingly penetrate the commercial market, their greatest contribution might lie in funding health services for retirees and in reducing the number of uninsured people by offering affordable insurance.
Job Journal July 11, 2004 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: Workers Want Straight Talk Spooked by the surge in corporate accounting scandalsm, wary workers are looking for more candor from their employers.
Managed Care February 2002	Executive bonuses: Health care takes care of its own If health care bonus packages are any indication, then the industry itself would seem to be more immune to the effects of the economy than most other businesses...
Managed Care August 2005	Who's Responsible For Controlling Costs? When it comes to controlling rising health care costs, consumers think the responsibility rests squarely on health insurance companies' shoulders, a new survey says.
Managed Care November 2002	Biggest one-year premium jump Health care premiums for large employers will increase 15 percent on average in 2003 -- the biggest year-over-year jump since Towers Perrin began conducting the survey in 1989.
Managed Care March 2005	Physicians, Plan at Odds Over Autoworker Coverage The Michigan State Medical Society and the Michigan Osteopathic Association are suing Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan after the health insurer cut 500 doctors from its provider network. They allege the insurer is trying to strong-arm them into reducing physician fees.
Managed Care February 2004 MargaretAnn Cross	Why Workers Choose CDHPs: Matter of Dollars and Sense In a new study of how consumer-directed plans are doing, one finding is that lower premiums was not a major factor in whether workers selected such a plan.
Managed Care February 2006 Lola Butcher	Consumer-Directed Health Pains Two studies suggest that consumer-directed health care may not be a long-term method for controlling health care costs.
Managed Care August 2007	Consumer-Directed Health Plans: Built to Last or Designed to Fail? A point-counterpoint debate about the effect of CDHPs on overall health and health care costs.
Managed Care September 2003 Martin Sipkoff	This Isn't the First Attempt To Shift Cost to Employees Companies are decreasing their share of medical insurance premiums. It remains to be seen how this will affect workers' health status.
Managed Care November 2004 MargaretAnn Cross	Accrediting Agencies Turn Attention To Consumer-Directed Health Plans If employers make decisions based on United Regional Health Care Foundation's and National Committee for Quality Assurance's rating of traditional managed care plans, shouldn't they want similar ratings of consumer-directed health plans?
Managed Care March 2004 MargaretAnn Cross	Consumer-Directed Plans Begin Measuring Patient Satisfaction Initial results are promising. Employees turn toward preventive medicine and away from expensive drug therapies.
Managed Care April 2007	Headlines On Deadline ... Members of Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies and privately-held health plans tend to rate their overall service experience notably higher than enrollees of non-Blue plans owned by publicly-traded companies...More employers are offering consumer-directed health plans... etc.
Managed Care November 2007 MargaretAnn Cross	The Evolving Health Plan The consumer-directed health care model isn't taking the country by storm, but its innovations are influencing other coverage designs.
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2006	Sales and Marketing: Where the Buck Stops Pharma's ultimate customer is the employer - the guy who pays the health plan's bill. Here's what he wants to know about drugs.
Job Journal April 25, 2004 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: No Rush to Retire Why major corporations are working hard to recruit older workers.
Entrepreneur March 2005 Catherine Seda	Go Live They've got questions, you've got answers. Now you can reach out to your prospects and keep them happy with live chat on your site.
Managed Care January 2006	Costs Slow Down, But Not Enough to Assuage Employers' Concern A new survey shows that health care costs for companies are increasing more slowly than in recent years.
BusinessWeek October 7, 2009 Catherine Arnst	Health Costs: Steeper Still Workers will bear a greater share of soaring premiums in 2010, but employers take a hit, too.
InternetNews January 8, 2004 Robyn Greenspan	To Tell The Truth Even though employees agree they are prepared to hear it, less than half believe they actually get credible information from their companies.
Managed Care May 2005 MargaretAnn Cross	Are Consumers Really Directing Their Own Care? In theory, consumer-directed health plans put the reins of decision making into the hands of their members. But medical management departments are alive and well inside CDHPs -- and may even expand under these plan designs.
Managed Care September 2003 MargaretAnn Cross	Consumer-Directed Health Care: Too Good To Be True? People talk about it as the sure way to control costs and give consumers the choice they seem to want. Are we being realistic?
Managed Care October 2005 MargaretAnn Cross	Just How Will CDHC Change Your Job? Medical directors are charged with many of the tasks that could help members make the most of consumer-directed health plans.
CFO August 1, 2003 Joseph McCafferty	Heal Thyself Consumer-directed health care is hot. But is it a danger to the medical-insurance system?
Entrepreneur January 2005 Kimberly Olson	Share the Health What your company can do to make your employees healthier.
Managed Care December 2006 Hilburg & Singer	In a Climate of Public Skepticism, Reputation Matters Even More A new survey sheds light on how health plan officials can best present their companies to concerned stakeholders.
Managed Care January 2006	Managed Care Outlook Two surveys point to growth for consumer-directed health plans.