Archive for March, 2013
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More About Pricing Transparency
It has been reported that two Representatives from Texas (a rare effort by a Democrat and a Republican collaborating these days) recently introduced a bill into the House (HR 1326) that would require "States to establish laws mandating that hospitals publicly disclose the cost of various services." ...
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Recent Forbes Article on Price Transparency
So, the pricing your employees get for healthcare services may not be quite as clear as the windows shown here, but this is one of the biggest issues consumers of healthcare face -the lack of price transparency. Employers have tried their best to make it easier for employees to understand pricing,...
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Towers Watson Survey
More data - Towers Watson published their 2012 Onsite Health Center Survey Report and, of course, it provides some great stats and an up-to-date overview of onsite care and employer attitudes, costs, etc. The primary reason cited for opening an on-site clinic remains increased productivity (62...
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2012 Employer-Sponsored Health Plans Survey
Mercer released the results of their annual survey in November of last year, so we apologize for getting the word out to you late (many of you have probably already read it). The press release leads off with some amazing data including the fact that overall employers were able to hold the annu...
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NBGH Employer Survey on Purchasing Value in Health Care
The results of the annual National Business Group on Health employer survey have been recently released. This 18th survey performed by NBGH in association with Towers Watson reflected some interesting data. First, the expected total average healthcare expense for employees will be about $12,100 ...
