Consumer Driven Health Care

Chronic health conditions, most of which are somewhat self-inflicted, drive chronic health spending, which makes things more expensive for all of us.

The way more and more Americans receive health care coverage is changing. The old days of employers picking up the health care tab for employees and their families are gone.

Lack of knowledge and desire to maintain status quo are barriers to offering these cost-saving plans

Participation in a Nebraska wellness program designed to lower health care costs and improve productivity has increased to more than 30 percent.

It seems cliché to say that the future is now, but it is. So what are you doing now to rethink your core business processes, learn from other industries, and redefine your consumer brand in order to sustain and strengthen your business model? What are you doing to become a...

Rising benefits costs are forcing employers to make difficult trade-offs

Since its inception in 2003, health savings accounts have grown at a phenomenal rate. Today, there are more than 10 million accounts nationwide, a figure thats expected to increase significantly in the next few years.

To many, the phrase consumer-driven health care is another way of saying higher deductibles and co-pays. Make it more expensive to access medical care, the logic goes, and employees will think harder about whether that doctors visit is really necessary.