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
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
Greenville & Spartanburg: Surging Hospital Employment of Physicians Poses Opportunities and ChallengesAnn S. O'Malley, Grace Anglin, Amelia M. Bond, Peter J. Cunningham, Lucy B. Stark, Tracy Yee	February 2011	Community Report No. 6
Cost Concerns Grow Despite New Health Plan Competition in SyracuseGlen P. Mays, Sally Trude, Lawrence P. Casalino, Laurie E. Felland, Gary Claxton, Jessica H. May, Megan McHugh, Lydia E. Regopoulos	Summer 2003	Community Report No. 7
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
Lansing's Dominant Hospital, Health Plan Strengthen Market PositionsHa T. Tu, Grace Anglin, Dori A. Cross, Laurie E. Felland, Joy M. Grossman, Lucy B. Stark	March 2011	Community Report No. 7
Health Care Cost Concerns Intensify in Little RockDebra A. Draper, John F. Hoadley, Jessica Mittler, Sylvia Kuo, Gloria J. Bazzoli, Peter J. Cunningham, Len M. Nichols, Leslie Jackson Conwell	Summer 2003	Community Report No. 8
Economic Downturn Slows Phoenix's Once-Booming Health Care MarketAaron Katz, Robert A. Berenson, Gary Claxton, Marisa K. Dowling, Caroleen W. Quach, Divya R. Samuel	July 2011	Community Report No. 8
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
HMOs Alive and Well in Orange CountyAaron Katz, Robert E. Hurley, Leslie Jackson Conwell, Bradley C. Strunk, Andrea Staiti, J. Lee Hargraves, Robert A. Berenson, Linda R. Brewster	Summer 2003	Community Report No. 9
Syracuse Health Care Market Works to Right-Size Hospital CapacityHa T. Tu, Robert A. Berenson, Dori A. Cross, Ian Hill, Caroleen W. Quach, Divya R. Samuel	August 2011	Community Report No. 9
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
Introduction to the Community Reports	Summer 1999	Compilation of Round Two Site Visits
Wall Street Analysts Bullish on Managed Care, Bearish on Revolution Health Care Information Technology	June 22, 2000	Conference Executive Summary
11th Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington Conference	June 21, 2006	Conference Transcript
Seventh Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington	June 11, 2002	Conference Transcript
Eighth Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington	June 18, 2003	Conference Transcript
HSC's 12th Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington Conference	June 14, 2007	Conference Transcript
10th Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington Conference	July 13, 2005	Conference Transcript
Sixth Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington	July 12, 2001	Conference Transcript
Wall Street Comes to Washington	June 24, 2004	Conference Transcript