Employers/Consumers

HSC research tracks employers' response to rising premiums, including changes to benefit design and patient cost sharing. Emerging trends, such as consumer-driven health plans and high-performance networks are identified. HSC also studies employers' role in improving quality of health care within local markets.

Title	Date	Document Info
Hospital Payment Systems: Will Payers Like the Future Better than the Past?Len M. Nichols, Ann S. O'Malley	January/February 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
Competition in Health Care: Its Evolution Over the Past DecadePaul B. Ginsburg	November/December 2005	Journal Article Health Affairs
Syracuse Faces Rising Health Costs; Hospital Competition GrowsSally Trude, Gloria J. Bazzoli, Jon B. Christianson, Jennifer Coughlan, Peter J. Cunningham, Andrea Staiti	October 2005	Community Report No. 9
Lansing's Calm Health Care Market Belies Increased Competition, Economic DoldrumsAaron Katz, Melanie Au, Gary Claxton, Joy M. Grossman, Robert E. Hurley, Jessica H. May	October 2005	Community Report No. 8
Community Quality Efforts Expand as Seattle Health Plan Products EvolveSally Trude, Jon B. Christianson, Jennifer Coughlan, Peter J. Cunningham, Paul B. Ginsburg, Andrea Staiti	September 2005	Community Report No. 7
Rapid Population Growth Outpaces Phoenix Health System CapacitySally Trude, Jon B. Christianson, Kelly L. McKenzie, Ann S. O'Malley, Andrea Staiti, Erin Fries Taylor	September 2005	Community Report No. 6
Initial Findings from HSC's 2005 Site Visits: Stage Set for Growing Health Care Cost and Access ProblemsCara S. Lesser, Paul B. Ginsburg, Laurie E. Felland	August 2005	Issue Brief No. 97
Dynamic Orange County Health Care Market Responds to OpportunitiesAaron Katz, Gary Claxton, Robert E. Hurley, Cara S. Lesser, Jessica H. May, Bradley C. Strunk	August 2005	Community Report No. 5
Urban-Suburban Hospital Disparities Grow in Northern New JerseyGlen P. Mays, Robert A. Berenson, Thomas Bodenheimer, Laurie E. Felland, Anneliese M. Gerland, Lydia E. Regopoulos	August 2005	Community Report No. 4
Little Rock Providers Vie for Revenues, as High Health Care Costs ContinueAaron Katz, Joy M. Grossman, Robert E. Hurley, Jessica H. May, Len M. Nichols, Bradley C. Strunk	July 2005	Community Report No. 3
10th Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington Conference	July 13, 2005	Conference Transcript
Continued Hospital Expansions Raise Cost Concerns in IndianapolisGlen P. Mays, Thomas Bodenheimer, Laurie E. Felland, Kelly L. McKenzie, Hoangmai H. Pham, Lydia E. Regopoulos	June 2005	Community Report No. 2
Leadership Changes Reinvigorate Cleveland's Health Care MarketSally Trude, Gloria J. Bazzoli, Jon B. Christianson, Anneliese M. Gerland, Andrea Staiti, Erin Fries Taylor	June 2005	Community Report No. 1
Ten Years of Tracking Health System Change: The Evolution of CompetitionPaul B. Ginsburg	Feb. 2, 2005	Presentation
Wall Street Comes to Washington	August 2004	Issue Brief No. 87
Managed Care Rebound? Recent Changes in Health Plans' Cost Containment StrategiesGlen P. Mays, Gary Claxton, Justin White	Aug. 11, 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Rhetoric vs. Reality: Employer Views on Consumer-Driven Health CareSally Trude, Leslie Jackson Conwell	July 2004	Issue Brief No. 86
Wall Street Comes to Washington	June 24, 2004	Conference Transcript
Employers Shift Rising Health Care Costs to Workers: No Long-term Solution in SightLydia E. Regopoulos, Sally Trude	May 2004	Issue Brief No. 83
Managed Care Redux: Health Plans Shift Responsibilities to ConsumersDebra A. Draper, Gary Claxton	March 2004	Issue Brief No. 79