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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BLOOMFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Consumer driven health plans are helping literally millions of American workers and their employers reduce their health care expenses, by shifting behaviors, rather ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write at the intersection of healthcare technology and policy. This article is more than 10 years old. Earlier today, the ...