Description: Article describes enhanced primary care models and provides citations on whether or not health care savings have been achieved.

Description: Discussion of Alternative or Integrative Care - Fundamental themes, market demand, recent activity, developing an alternative care program, pricing benefits Issue No. 34.

Description: Ian Duncan argues that there is no crisis in American health care.

Description: CHCS is a nonprofit policy center focused on improving American health outcomes, particularly for low-income people, including payment & delivery system reform.

Description: Gostin argues that there is indeed a crisis in American health care.

Description: Discussion of steps that can be taken to control costs and future plan design changes. Part 2 of a 2 part series. Issue No. 48.

Description: This article discusses Accountable Care Organizations, how they work, managing risks and their expectations to bend the cost curve.

Description: Article summarizes the sessions of the 2011 SOA Health Meeting held in Boston.

Description: Health Care Cost Trends 2002 - prescription drug, base and leveraged trend. From Health Section News, January 2002, Issue No. 42.

Description: Social determinants of health (SDoH) have been a topic of growing interest in recent years, yet consensus about what the phrase represents and how health-related social needs should be studied or addressed by employers, health plans, providers and other stakeholders in the business of health care have been lacking. For many, low-income populations come to mind when considering the topic, yet SDoH include a wide range of factors beyond income. Many types of data are available, yet each presents distinct challenges and opportunities for analysis. In this article, we describe some of the underlying context for considering SDoH, as well as some of the potential data sources to consult and challenges to grapple with on this important topic.