Publications

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Consumer-Directed Health Care From the Ground Up
Hear from various stakeholders who speak to what this emerging paradigm needs in order to reach its potential to transform health care.

The Deck Is Stacked Against Your Employees but You Can Offer Effective Weight Management Solutions
Obesity management programs are easier than ever for employers to offer. Help your employees battle the bulge by implementing these simple solutions.

It’s Time to Modernize America’s Health Care System
John Engler of NAM discusses the need to modernize the United States’ health care system with the type of cutting-edge information technology that has transformed the manufacturing workplace.

Presidential Candidates’ Health Care Platforms: Who is on the Side of the Employer?


Reduce Costs and Improve Quality With a Myriad of Alternative Care Choices
Inside this special supplement: * Onsite Health Clinics: Not Our Parents’ Doctors’ Office. * Onsite Health Clinics: Tips for Combining With Integrated Care Solutions. * Online Doctor Visits * Second Opinions and Decision-Making Solutions

PBMs Increase Role in Helping Employers and Consumers Achieve Quality Care at a Cost Savings


OptumHealth CEO Dawn Owens on Consumer-Directed Health Care
One of the most powerful women in helath care talks with Editorial Solutions Director Alison Amoroso for an interview about the nation's largest health and wellness company's efforts to make health care more accessible, affordable, and effective for millions.

Feature Section


Mail Order Pharmacy Offers Added Benefits
Mail service pharmacy offers not only cost savings and convenience, but also programs that help members use medication appropriately, consistently, and safely.

Build a Terrific Plan Design and Watch CDHC Work for Your Organization
The City of Arlington, TX slashes annual health care costs 25 percent with plan and five-year implementation. Find out how it inspired 35 percent participation rates.

Catching the Employer’s Eye: Seven Trends in Vision Benefits
Photochromics are as clear as regular lenses indoors; they darken outdoors depending on how bright it is—reducing eye strain and fatigue from glaring light and providing automatic protection from harmful UV rays.

Will Your CDHC Pharmacy Plan Cost Share or Merely Cost Shift?
Share your financial health care load and benefits with your employees by designing a pharmacy benefit plan that optimizes the dollars spent by both parties.

Counteract Rising Health Care Costs With Active Health Plan Management
Can you Increase Employee Satisfaction While Holding Costs in Check? Yes!

A Strep Test at the Grocery Store: Is the US Ready for Retail Medicine?
Store-based clinics appeal to patients in need of quick, non-emergency medical treatment, bringing health care to the consumer and spurring reform. Legitimate concerns and solutions are ahead.

More Employers Considering Limited Health Benefits for Part-Time, Hourly Employees
Offering limited benefit plans helps companies cut turnover and boost workplace appeal. Here's what to look for in the plan design.

The New Influence of Banking in Health Care
Why you could be getting your account-based health plan administration from your bank.

The Aetna Way
Years ago, Aetna CEO Ronald Williams went on a listening tour to learn what employers need most from their health insurance companies. He soon emerged as a visionary pioneer of the consumer-directed health care movement. Today, consumerism shapes every aspect of the company.

Wellness Programs and Disease Management Join Forces


Put the Wow in Your CDHC Communications
In Douglas Adams’ book “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,” a super computer named Deep Thought was created by researchers to provide the ultimate answer to the great question of the meaning of life, the universe, and everything. After seven-and-a-half million years of contemplation, Deep Thought answered: forty-two.

How To Insure the Success of Your Consumer-Directed Health Care Program
Since more than half of all consumer health transactions involve pharmacy, the success or failure of consumer-directed health plans rides on the information and support available to members. Here are five fundamentals of a successful consumer-directed pharmacy plan that employers of any size can use to increase consumer-directed health plan success and adoption rates.

AOL Co-Founder Steve Case Launches CDHC Health Care Company
We asked Steve Case, CEO of Revolution Health Group, to share his business strategy and talk with us about the solutions his company provides for employers. From frustration to vision to practical solutions, Case hopes that by putting purse-string holders at the center of health care he will transform the entire system.

Breaking the Downward Spiral
According to the Health and Wellbeing in America survey, most adults think they are in excellent or very good health. But this simply does not square with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's own findings...

Cutting Out the Fat: Obesity Management Solutions Offer More Than Calorie-Counting
It's official: The obesity epidemic has replaced smoking in the United States. The good news is that, as an employer, you can begin to manage obesity in your workplace.

Expanding the Horizons
As custodians of CDHC accounts, banks play a leading role in offering innovative benefits structures that help employers and individuals take a greater role in their ongoing health management and funding.

Be Wide Awake About the Consequences of Employee Insomnia
Fatigued workers cost employers $136.4 billion annually in health-related lost productivity. This is an excess of $101 billion compared to workers without fatigue.

Kick Start CDHP
CDHP represents a radical departure from traditional managed-care health plans, and we are foolish to expect that traditional business-as-usual communication strategies will affect widespread adoption.

Be Sure You Know What to Wish For: Measuring Health-Related Initiatives in Your CDHC Program
Develop health interventions that meet your company´s needs for bottom-line savings while still delivering effective and appropriate medical care to its employees

Winners and Losers in the New World of CDHC
Who will reach the consumer first? New market intermediaries are providing a catalyst for health plans to build consumer-direct solutions while innovative technology solutions proliferate. We may just realize the godmother of CDHC, Regina Herzlinger's dream, by default.