U.S. employers are hungry for new approaches to managing health care costs and improving quality. The average annual premium for employer-sponsored family health coverage surpassed $20,000 in 2019, and annual increases remain
The health care marketplace continues to evolve, as health care organizations consolidate and experiment with new value-oriented models. As these new strategies emerge to drive high-value purchasing, there has been
As the availability and utility of big data continues to grow by the day, Catalyst for Payment Reform has set out to better understand how employers are using data to
Tricky question. As this Slate article explains, measuring the effect of providing insurance is difficult because those with insurance and those without may differ in many ways that cannot be controlled. Luckily, there
The prevalence of Type II Diabetes continues to soar in the United States with an estimated 1.5 million new cases diagnosed every year. Unsurprisingly, strategies to mitigate costs and improve
As the nation prepared for the rollout of “public exchanges,” many experts opined that employers would stop directly offering health insurance benefits to their employees and instead give them a
Most of our readers already know, there are two options that employers and other health care purchasers can choose to fund health care benefits. Fully insured employers pay premiums to
Not too long ago, we busted the myth that high prices mean high quality care and that we can’t extend the retail mindset to health care. But do consumers actually
Benefit designs that emphasize consumer cost-sharing are now the norm in the U.S. As adoption of high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) and other cost-sharing models increase, we need to continue to
Go to any decent sized town or city in the U.S. and you are likely to find that the largest employer is the local hospital or health system. Not only
According to British historian Alison Plowden, “the laws of genetics apply even if you refuse to learn them.” This truism, along with much of the momentum in this area, draws
In the movement to population-based payment, payers are finding ways to hold providers accountable for the cost of their patients’ care. In the past several years, providers have made the
In an ideal market, a higher price correlates to a better quality product. When we shop for lightbulbs, for example, one shopper may choose to invest more in a product
We know employers and other health care purchasers have a lot on their minds. The cost of specialty pharmaceuticals seems ever increasing and the new political health care environment is
Raise your hand if you agree with this statement—one of the flaws in the United States health care system is our method of paying for care. We pay doctors for
