Employee Benefit Adviser says change:healthcare has “made good” on the long-promised healthcare consumerism tools slated to accompany consumer directed health plan and healthcare savings accounts.

EBA Raw Bar says “Good tools and data have long been promised to America’s new breed of health care consumer. Parks is making good on that promise with his health care consumerism index. Listen in as he talks about how it works and how simple consumption changes can save companies thousands of dollars.”

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BNET “the place to-go for management” briefs the Healthcare Consumerism Index.  Check out the link here.

“New consumer index analyzes care costs

Nashville-based change:healthcare inc. has started a Healthcare Consumerism Index, a product to help companies and consumers judge the cost-effectiveness of their health-care purchases.

The index analyzes a company’s inpatient and outpatient care and prescriptions to identify the highest and lowest prices paid for comparable products and services within an employee population.”

See the article on the Tennessean website.