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
Health Plan-Provider Showdowns on the RiseBradley C. Strunk, Kelly Devers, Robert E. Hurley	June 2001	Issue Brief No. 40
High-Performance Health Plan Networks: Early ExperiencesDebra A. Draper, Allison Liebhaber, Paul B. Ginsburg	May 2007	Issue Brief No. 111
Highly Consolidated Market Poses Cost Control ChallengesKelly Devers, Jon B. Christianson, Laurie E. Felland, Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Liza Rudell, J. Lee Hargraves	Winter 2001	Community Report No. 06
HMO Model Shaken but Remains IntactAaron Katz, Robert E. Hurley, Leslie A. Jackson, Timothy K. Lake, Ashley C. Short, Paul B. Ginsburg, Joy M. Grossman	Summer 2001	Community Report No. 09
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
Hopes Dim for More CompetitionDebra A. Draper, Linda R. Brewster, Lawrence D. Brown, Lance Heineccius, Carolyn A. Watts, Laurie E. Felland, Elizabeth Eagan	Spring 2001	Community Report No. 08
Hospital Payment Systems: Will Payers Like the Future Better than the Past?Len M. Nichols, Ann S. O'Malley	January/February 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
Hospital Quality Reporting: Separating the Signal from the NoiseEmily Carrier, Dori A. Cross	April 2013	NIHCR Policy Analysis No. 11
Hospital Spending Drives Largest Health Care Cost Increase in a Decade	September 26, 2001
Hospitals Compete for Specialty CareGlen P. Mays, Sally Trude, Lawrence P. Casalino, Patricia Lichiello, Bradley C. Strunk, Jeffrey Stoddard	Spring 2001	Community Report No. 07
Hospitals Profit from Aggressive NegotiationsGlen P. Mays, Sally Trude, Lawrence P. Casalino, Patricia Lichiello, Ashley C. Short, Andrea Staiti	Summer 2001	Community Report No. 10
How Consumers Shop for Health Care When They Pay Out of Pocket: Evidence from the LASIK Self-Pay Market	July 18, 2006	Congressional Testimony
HSC Researchers Testify at FTC Hearings	Winter/Spring 2003	Testimony
HSC's 12th Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington Conference	June 14, 2007	Conference Transcript
HSC's Seventh Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington Conference	June 11, 2002
Increasing Stress on the U.S. Health Care System: Structural Crisis or Temporary?Len M. Nichols	March 10, 2003	Congressional Testimony
Indianapolis Hospital Systems Compete for Well-Insured, Suburban PatientsAaron Katz, Grace Anglin, Emily Carrier, Marisa K. Dowling, Lucy B. Stark, Tracy Yee	December 2011	Community Report No. 12
Information Gap: Can Health Insurer Personal Health Records Meet Patients' and Physicians' Needs?Joy M. Grossman, Teresa Zayas-Cabán, Nicole M. Kemper	March/April 2009	Journal Article Health Affairs
Initial Findings from HSC's 2005 Site Visits: Stage Set for Growing Health Care Cost and Access ProblemsCara S. Lesser, Paul B. Ginsburg, Laurie E. Felland	August 2005	Issue Brief No. 97
Insurance Premiums and Insurance Coverage of Near-Poor ChildrenJack Hadley, James D. Reschovsky, Peter J. Cunningham, Genevieve Kenney, Melanie Au	Winter 2006/2007	Journal Article Inquiry