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
10th Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington Conference	July 13, 2005	Conference Transcript
11th Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington Conference	June 21, 2006	Conference Transcript
Health Care Market Stabilizes, but Rising Costs and State Budget Woes Loom in BostonJohn F. Hoadley, Debra A. Draper, Sylvia Kuo, Peter J. Cunningham, Jessica Mittler, Len M. Nichols, Gloria J. Bazzoli, Justin White, Robert A. Berenson	Fall 2003	Community Report No. 12
A Decade of Tracking Health System ChangePaul B. Ginsburg, Cara S. Lesser	March 2006	Commentary No. 2
A Health Plan Work in Progress: Hospital-Physician Price and Quality TransparencyAnn Tynan, Allison Liebhaber, Paul B. Ginsburg	August 2008	HSC Research Brief No. 7
Alabama’s Pass on Medicaid Expansion Leaves Birmingham’s Uninsured with Weak Safety NetHa T. Tu, Emily Carrier, Amanda E. Lechner, Kevin Draper	October 2013	RWJF Reform Community Report
Analyzing the Changing Health System: The Path Taken and the Road Beyond	July 2001	2000 Annual Report
Are Defined Contributions a New Direction for Employer-Sponsored Coverage?Sally Trude, Paul B. Ginsburg	October 2000	Issue Brief No. 32
Back To The Future? New Cost and Access Challenges EmergeCara S. Lesser, Paul B. Ginsburg	February 2001	Issue Brief No. 35
Baltimore: Health Insurance Market Primed for National Health ReformLaurie E. Felland, Chapin White, Amanda E. Lechner, Rebecca Gourevitch	May 2013	RWJF Reform Community Report
Behind the Slow Growth of Employer-Based Consumer-Driven Health PlansJon R. Gabel, Jeremy D. Pickreign, Heidi H. Whitmore	December 2006	Issue Brief No. 107
Benefit Design Innovations: Implications for Consumer-Directed Health CareHa T. Tu, Paul B. Ginsburg	February 2007	Issue Brief No. 109
Bitter Contract Dispute Reaffirms Blues' Dominant Position in LansingAaron Katz, Robert E. Hurley, Kelly Devers, Leslie Jackson Conwell, Bradley C. Strunk, Andrea Staiti, J. Lee Hargraves, Robert A. Berenson	Spring 2003	Community Report No. 5
Cleveland Hospital Systems Expand Despite Weak EconomyAaron Katz, Amelia M. Bond, Emily Carrier, Elizabeth Docteur, Caroleen W. Quach, Tracy Yee	September 2010	Community Report No. 2
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
Competition Revs Up the Indianapolis Health Care MarketAaron Katz, Robert E. Hurley, Kelly Devers, Leslie Jackson Conwell, Bradley C. Strunk, Andrea Staiti, J. Lee Hargraves, Robert A. Berenson	Winter 2003	Community Report No. 1
Competitive Albuquerque Health Insurance Market Gears Up for Coverage BoomChapin White, Laurie E. Felland, Ellyn R. Boukus, Kevin Draper	October 2013	RWJF Reform Community Report
Consumer Tolerance for Inaccuracy in Physician Performance Ratings: One Size Fits NoneMatthew M. Davis, Judith H. Hibbard, Arnold Milstein	March 2007	Issue Brief No. 110
Consumer-Directed Health Plans: Mixed Employer Signals, Complex Market DynamicsAnn Tynan, Jon B. Christianson	March 2008	Issue Brief No. 119
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