change:healthcare’s Healthcare Consumerism Index (HCI) has been featured in Chiropractic New! Check out the article online at Chiropractic News Online or download the PDF here.

Highlights:

“Just launched by healthcare consumerism company change:healthcare, the Healthcare Consumerism Index gives employers and employees a wealth of information so both can improve the cost-effectiveness of their healthcare purchases.

Nashville, Tenn. — Many companies measure healthy employees in terms of “lows.” Low blood pressure. Low fat. Low cholesterol. Low medical claims. So add a new sign of good consumer health – a low Healthcare Consumerism Index™ (HCI).”

“Healthcare costs are a strain on an employer’s budget,” said Christopher Parks, change:healthcare CEO. “The HCI helps a company guide employee healthcare purchases toward less expensive medical care options. It helps everyone make more value-driven choices.”

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.”

Check out the full article here.  Or download the PDF.

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.