In the U.S, 73 percent of self-insured employers are expected to offer at least one consumer driven healthcare plan in 2012 as a way to curb rising healthcare costs. Employees and their families will be increasingly accountable for “shopping” and paying for their healthcare, making it more critical than ever for them to understand the costs involved. Currently, consumers of healthcare have little information and few tools to help them make decisions.

The Healthcare Transparency Index (HCTI) provides healthcare consumers with ongoing trends data about actual healthcare costs, offering insight into critical opportunities for savings.

The data is sourced from Change Healthcare’s proprietary, HIPAA-compliant database generated from client activity. The report’s pricing and behavioral content is derived from Change Healthcare’s Transparency Messenger™ platform. The Q3 2011 Index reflects cost variances in dental services derived from the Change Healthcare customer database containing 12-months of dental claims for 30,000 employees in all 50 states.

For more information about the Transparency Messenger and the Healthcare Transparency Index, please call 888-920-5234.

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Archived HCTI