Health plan costs - managed care (BenefitsLink.com)Headlines re Health plan costs - managed care, gathered by BenefitsLink.com2007 SHPS Health Practices Study: What Every Self-Insured Employer Should Know (PDF)- (Found July 5, 2008 ) 28 pages. Excerpt: "The 2007 SHPS Health Practices Study substantiates that traditional financially based cost management methods are simply not enough to battle rising healthcare costs. Companies with the lowest healthcare costs focus on optimizing employee health and managing clinical risk, rather than manipulating the health benefit." (SHPS)http://www.shps.com/2007healthstudy/book/2007_SHPS_Health_Practices_Study.pdf |