The Evolution Of Consumer Driven Health Plans

The Evolution Of Consumer Driven Health Plans The origins of healthcare’s new consumer focus. harvard business school professor regina herzlinger, proclaimed by money magazine to be the “godmother” of consumer driven healthcare, espoused the benefits of consumer driven health plans as far back as the 1990s. many joined her crusade as a backlash against managed care, particularly hmos. Lans: evolution and early outcomesstephen t. parente, ph.d.the first consumer directed health plans (cdhp) we. introduced by health e commerce ventures in the late 1990s. these products were designed to. gage consumers more directly in their health care purchases. the conceptual model made cost and quality information evident to the consumer.

The Evolution Of Consumer Driven Health Plans The federal government pays $455 billion for health care in the united states but devotes only $300 million to the budget of the agency for healthcare research and quality (ahrq) for learning effective ways to improve the performance of the u.s. health system. the quality report on u.s. health care recently issued by ahrq is an important. Abstract: this paper analyzes the evolution of consumer driven health care in terms of its original vision, its subsequent implementation, and the transformations it has endured as it moves into. Evolution and early outcomes. stephen t. parente, ph.d. the first consumer directed health plans (cdhp) were introduced by health e . commerce ventures in the late 1990s. these products were. The implementation of consumer driven health plans is proceeding rapidly in the united states. because of the size of the american population, it still occupies a relatively small proportion of the health care market. the data in figure figure3 3 demonstrate that, by 2004 enrollment in consumer driven health plans is projected to reach.