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A new report from Mercer has found that chief financial officers (CFOs) feel they have a good understanding of health care costs, but most are concerned about the unpredictability of those costs at a time when new therapies and drugs are often very expensive.
Mercer officials said that there hasn't been a lot of surveys of CFOs about health care costs, but that those executives are expressing a desire to get a better handle on an area of spending that can rise unpredictably. The study found that 72% of CFO respondents said health care expenses were less predictable than other company expenses.
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