Communications Techniques That Help Rein In Health Costs

摘要

Along with death and taxes, a third certainty seems to be the annual increase in your employee healthcare costs. It's true you can't avoid such cost hikes entirely - but according to a new survey, there are some steps you can take to hold them down. The survey, by consulting firm Towers Perrin, found that the most successful companies spend 16% less on employee health care than run-of-the-mill organizations. How do they do it? One big difference, the survey shows, is the way the pace-setters communicate with employees about health and health care.