Consumer-directed health plans: what happened?
CDHPs can stabilize growth in health costs, but the health plan-subscriber relationship should be more transparent. CFOs should ensure that increased cost exposure in CDHPs is paired with broad, deep disease management and employee assistance support. Hospitals should plan for the likelihood that, one way or another, consumers will be paying more of their healthcare bill.
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Jeff
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Health Futures, Inc., Charlottesville, VA, USA. hfutures@healthfutures.net
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