Calling Dr. Doolittle

If you are a manager at a health plan, an ACO, or a provider organization, here are a few new statistics to keep in mind:

Enrollment in high-deductible health care plans (HDHPs) was up to 18% in 2013, from 16% in 2012 (see The 2013 Employee Benefit Research Institute/Greenwald & Associates Consumer Engagement in Health Care Survey)
Consumer-directed health plans will account for 40% of the total commercial insurance market in the next couple of years (see A Race To Embrace The Consumer Business Model: Insurance Companies Must Change Or Face Obsolescence)
Consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs . . .