title: Consumer-driven health plans: implications for providers.
abstract: By shifting more healthcare costs to workers, employers are hoping to slow the rise in company costs. It is too early to tell whether these consumer-driven health plans will address the issue of soaring costs. However, one thing is certain: They will have ramifications for healthcare providers.
authors.affiliation: Revenue Strategies, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., USA. billinfll@juno.com
authors.forename: Bill
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: Kerry
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gillespie
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D017047:Cost Sharing; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States