Small employers know better than most how heavy a burden health care costs can bear on their total expenses. Central Nebraska Public Power was no exception. CNPP employs 98 people in five rural ...

The Children's Dental Health Project (CDHP) is turning over control of its online public health policy and advocacy research and analysis to health advocacy organization Community Catalyst. The move ...

New research about consumer driven health plans finds what proponents of the plans have long lamented: That enrollees in CDHP plans are better educated and healthier than others. New research about ...

In addition, Foti Panagakos, DMD, PhD, director of clinical relations and strategy for Colgate-Palmolive, is now chairman of the CDHP board of directors after serving as vice chair for three years, ...

Discretionary healthcare services accounted for decreases in overall cost trend, he said. CDHP tools help consumers make better-informed, cost-effective decisions, he said, citing as an example the ...

Mercer says CDHP enrollment spiked from 18 percent to 23 percent of all covered employees in 2014, the largest one-year increase in enrollment in high-deductible consumer-driven health plans. Consumer ...

CDHP study finds people enrolled in CDH plans more active in improving their health and reducing costs CIGNA CDHP customers more likely to use health advisors, generic medications; avoid unnecessary ...

The number of individuals enrolled in consumer-driven health plans hit 22 million in 2010, reflecting a 1% increase compared to 2009, report researchers from the Employee Benefit Research Institute ...

This study highlights the difficulty many consumers have in understanding comparative plan information. It also suggests that presentation strategies may help consumers understand choices better. : To ...

Despite some pushback from critics, acceptance of consumer-directed health plans is growing in corporate circles. According to a new study by Watson Wyatt Worldwide and the National Business Group on ...

Effective communication is key to any internal businessendeavor - some would say benefits most of all. And if your business is like many others across the country, it is considering - or already ...