title: IBM's pursuit of quality and cost-effective health benefits.
abstract: With over 500,000 individuals receiving health benefits at a cost of over $900 million, the IBM Corporation has a keen interest in the future of the U.S. health care system, the employer's role in it, and the quality of medical care its employees and retirees receive. The U.S. health care system is in the midst of undergoing a dramatic transformation, and employers and their employees need to understand this change and know how to become informed purchasers of the medical care they need.
authors.affiliation: International Business Machines Corporation, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Tarre
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Caine
mesh_terms: D002388:Catastrophic Illness / Q000191:economics; D003363:Cost Control; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017049:Employer Health Costs; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000191:economics*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States