Feb/March 2009 Edition
Healthcarebluebook.com has launched a customized application to employers that supports implementation of consumer-directed health plans (CDHP), high deductible health plans (HDHP), and health savings accounts (HSA) among other consumer benefits designs. Applications are built around the types of health care services employees use and what health care providers charge for these services, including in- and out-of-network PPOs.
Healthcarebluebook.com, owned by CareOperative LLC, has also launched a website that gives free information about health care costs. Consumers type in the kind of health care service they need plus a zip code and the Healthcare Blue Book pulls up the fair price based on fees paid by PPOs to doctors for services in that market. “Americans shop using price/ value comparisons for their homes, cars, vacations, and the majority of goods and services they buy, why not health care?” said Dr. Jeff Rice, Healthcarebluebook.com founder and the former CEO of CareSteps.
Healthcarebluebook.com has also launched a website that provides free pricing data to consumers.