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Managed Care February 2004	Employers see cost-shifting efforts pay off In the fall of 2002, as employers were getting their first 2003 rates from the health plans, they were looking at a 14-percent increase," says Blaine Bos, one of the study's authors. "Then they took out their scalpel.... In 2003, employers took back lost ground."
Managed Care June 2007	Employers Gear up for More Employee Health Management Employers have a clear interest in expanding initiatives to help workers manage their personal health effectively, according to a survey.
Managed Care January 2006	Costs Slow Down, But Not Enough to Assuage Employers' Concern A new survey shows that health care costs for companies are increasing more slowly than in recent years.
Managed Care June 2007 Lola Butcher	Big Companies Holding Fast To Employer-Sponsored System In board rooms across the country, decisions are being made to battle, rather than run from, rising costs of health care.
Managed Care March 2004 MargaretAnn Cross	Wellness Program Gets On-the-Job Training Pepsi promises that work-site clinics won't take business away from health plans. One of the goals of the clinics is to establish ties with the local medical community in order to launch disease management and wellness programs, as well as to set up referral capabilities for the clinics.
Managed Care July 2007	Employers Take Greater Interest in Managing Chronic Conditions According to a new study, employers face major decisions on how (and whether) they will offer health care plans to their employees.
Managed Care February 2008 Lola Butcher	Wellness Programs: No Longer Just an Add-On In the face of stiff competition from a growing category of dedicated wellness companies, major health plans are launching sophisticated, ambitious programs to slake employers' thirst for these products
Managed Care January 2004	Large Employers Now Use DM To Cut Their Costs Employers are adopting disease management programs in a big way to slow the pace of health care premium increases, according to a survey of 3,000 businesses.
Managed Care July 2006 Martin Sipkoff	Employers' Stock in Wellness Rises With No End in Sight Formerly, insurers used to devise new products and processes to attract purchasers. Now more and more employers are going to the plans and insisting on preventive care.
Managed Care July 2006	AMA Lays Down Guidelines For Retail Clinics The American Medical Association came out with nine guidelines that the organization suggests store-based clinics follow. Not surprisingly, the rules stipulate a doctor's role in such a clinic. Here are some of those guidelines.
Managed Care March 2007 Lola Butcher	Care Management Data Hard to Come By Employee health management programs are well received, for the most part, even though it is still hard to measure their value.
Managed Care August 2005	Who's Responsible For Controlling Costs? When it comes to controlling rising health care costs, consumers think the responsibility rests squarely on health insurance companies' shoulders, a new survey says.
Managed Care March 2008 Kathryn J. Alexander	Health Plans Embrace Retail Clinics Convenient care clinics, as they like to be called, are spreading quickly because members and plans like them
Job Journal January 13, 2008 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: Wellness Benefits Bottom Line Employers are finally acting like healthy workers are good for business.
Job Journal October 12, 2008 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: Benefits a Big Deal at Small Firms When it comes to perks, smaller employers need to think big.
Fast Company July 2009 Zachary Wilson	Why Walgreens Is Building Its Own Universal Health-Care System Walgreens, the $59 billion drugstore giant, is building its own universal health-care system, with more than 700 retail and corporate clinics.
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2006	Sales and Marketing: Where the Buck Stops Pharma's ultimate customer is the employer - the guy who pays the health plan's bill. Here's what he wants to know about drugs.
IndustryWeek September 22, 2010	The Return of the Raise Interest in retaining top talent drives growth.
Managed Care November 2007	2008 Cost Hike Should be Less Than 2007 Cost increases for health services should lessen for both employers and the health insurance plans that serve them in 2008, according to two major consulting companies.
Managed Care June 2006 Amanda Brower	Retail Medical Clinics Draw Patients & Payers A growing number of health plans are adding retail health clinics to their networks and are realizing savings. But physicians voice concern over the quality of care provided to patients.
Managed Care November 2005 MargaretAnn Cross	Health Plans by Design, Not by Default Fortune 500 employers are ready to shed old benefit models for "managed consumerism".
Managed Care February 2002	Small Employers Want To Sidestep Giving Benefits The recession and higher medical costs are causing small employers to take a hard look at their sponsorship of health benefits...
Managed Care June 2004 MargaretAnn Cross	CDC Begins To Provide Resources for Workplace Wellness Programs As employers become more comfortable with the idea that prevention pays, health plans may find their scope of services widening.
Managed Care June 2006	Survey: Workers Not Guided When Choosing Care A study shows employers believe their workers can learn what they need to know to become better buyers of health services.
Managed Care August 2007 Frank Diamond	Employers Roll Up Their Sleeves No longer passive, companies are working in a variety of ways to improve employees' care. Preventive programs cost money up front, but can cut overall treatment costs to insurers by 30 percent or more, yet few insurers pay for preventive care.
Managed Care April 2001	Employees' tolerance of change underestimated? Health care prognosticators have lately been predicting the coming of a defined-contribution payment system in which an employer would give an employee a voucher (or other stipend) and tell him to go find and purchase his own health care benefits. But employers are unlikely to switch...
Managed Care January 2006	Managed Care Outlook Two surveys point to growth for consumer-directed health plans.
Managed Care November 2003	Double-digit increases continue for health benefits Despite some slowing in the trend, employers can still expect to face the fifth straight year of double-digit increases for employee health care benefits. Towers Perrin surveyed 200 businesses with an average workforce of 7,200 to find that a 12-percent increase in costs is expected in 2004.
Job Journal November 25, 2007 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: Financial Savvy in Short Supply Employers pay a high cost for abandoning benefits and pension plans.
Job Journal July 11, 2004 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: Workers Want Straight Talk Spooked by the surge in corporate accounting scandalsm, wary workers are looking for more candor from their employers.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2007 Selena Maranjian	Keep a Pulse on Health-Care Solutions Health care can be a complicated subject. So what should you be doing to keep your health-care costs as manageable as possible?
Inc. June 2006 Jennifer Gill	The Nurse Will See You Now Low-cost clinics staffed by nurses instead of M.D.'s could cut your health care costs. But you may want to think twice before sending your employees to one.
The Motley Fool June 22, 2009 Alyce Lomax	Wal-Mart Can Fail Too Wal-Mart has thus far failed in one of its promising growth initiatives -- its in-store clinics.
IndustryWeek September 1, 2008 Jonathan Katz	A Healthy Approach to Going Lean Corporate wellness programs encourage employees to manage their health.
Job Journal July 24, 2005 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: Ailing Healthcare Coverage As healthcare costs increase, a survey by Yankelovich finds more workers rate healthcare coverage as their preferred employee benefit.
Managed Care December 2003 MargaretAnn Cross	'What Can You Do To Help Control Costs?' Employers are beginning to tap into the groundswell of employee interest in reducing premiums.
Managed Care December 2002 MargaretAnn Cross	Advisory Boards Create Company-Plan Cooperation Very effective if used properly, these panels are not yet widespread. However, that could change as industrial customers demand more input.
Managed Care February 2005 MargaretAnn Cross	Big Companies Push For Better Online Tools Now that large companies are adding health information to their benefit portals on the Web, insurers will have to work more closely with them.
The Motley Fool April 26, 2006 Brian Gorman	Walgreen's Clinics In-store clinics could be more trouble than they're worth. Investors, take note.
Fast Company September 1, 2007 Ellen McGirt	Fast-Food Medicine Retail health clinics are dotting the landscape like Starbucks, frustrating doctors but delighting patients. Is this the beginning of the answer to our national health-care crisis?
Managed Care May 2002 Sharon Baker	Self-Funded HMOs on the Rise Escalating premiums, changing attitudes play a role in employers' decision to take on the same thing that burned many physicians: financial risk
HBS Working Knowledge July 16, 2008 Porter et al.	What Should Employers do About Health Care? Companies that cut health care costs without improving the overall value of care eventually pay a price in terms of employee absenteeism and chronic ailments.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2007 Jonathan Katz	Efficiency Boosts Productivity Increased employee output increases productivity.
Managed Care October 2000	Employer-based coverage up in strong economy Health insurance premiums rose 8.3 percent over the past year for all types of coverage, according to an annual survey of employers...
Health January 4, 2010 Leslie Barrie	When It's OK to Skip the Doc Those in-store clinics that are springing up all across town may be just fine for your minor health stuff. Here's what you need to know about those clinics and when to see your regular doctor.
Salon.com September 22, 2000 Hal Millard	Geriatrics to the rescue A South Carolina clinic is offering good healthcare to the uninsured and a meaningful life to retired doctors. Can the idea spread to the rest of the country?
Entrepreneur May 2005 Chris Penttila	Passing the Buck If you're asking employees to manage their own benefits, you could be asking for trouble.
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