Mixed results: state employee health plans face challenges, find opportunities to contain cost growth

Mixed results: state employee health plans face challenges, find opportunities to contain cost growth

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Author(s):
Corlette, Sabrina, author
Davenport, Karen, author
Walsh-Alker, Emma, author
Contributor(s):
Georgetown University. Center on Health Insurance Reforms, issuing body.
Publication:
[Washington, D.C.] : Georgetown University, McCourt School of Public Policy, Center on Health Insurance Reforms, June 2023
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Cost Control
Health Benefit Plans, Employee -- economics
State Government
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
The high and rising cost of health care is reducing people’s access to critical services, suppressing workers’ income, and reducing business competitiveness A primary reason for this cost growth is the prices that hospitals and other health care providers are charging to commercial payers Many state employee health plans (SEHPs) are the largest commercial health care purchaser in their state, making them uniquely situated to tackle health care costs and exert pressure on insurers and providers In 2021 we released findings from the first comprehensive, nationwide survey of SEHP administrators regarding plan offerings and states’ cost containment strategies This report assesses these plans’ progress in the last two years, as well as the impact of recent federal policy changes.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (54 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
9918697339006676 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918697339006676