
| Date: | JULY 28, 2005 | ||
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| Managers: | Lisa Sprague & Sally Coberly, PhD | ||
| Summary: | This Forum session examined three health plan designs employers are using to contain health care costs for active workers: health savings accounts, high-performing networks, and tiered networks. A consumer perspective on these approaches was also offered. | ||
| Speakers: | Meredith Baratz, Vice President, Market & Product Development, Definity Health, a UnitedHealth Group Company; John Bertko, Vice President, Chief Actuary, Humana, Inc.; John Freedman, MD, Assistant Vice President, Medical Director, Medical and Quality Management, Tufts Health Plan With Comments From: Slides from the presentations by Ms. Baratz, Mr. Bertko, and Dr. Freedman are available for download. |