Addressing the Challenges of Consumer-Driven Health Care
Led by McDermott, Health Industry "Thought Leaders" Provide Recommendations on Consumer-Driven Health Care Challenges in Newly Released White Paper
BOSTON (November 8, 2004) — McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the release of Encouraging a Responsible Approach to Consumer Driven Health Care (CDHC), a white paper which addresses the challenges and provides recommendations for CDHC, one of the fastest growing sectors of the employer-sponsored market. CDHC programs, currently offered by approximately 20 percent of large employers, shift the responsibility for controllable health-spending choices from the employer to the patient. CDHC includes high deductible health plans, many of which are coupled with a personal health account, such as a Health Reimbursement Arrangement, Flexible Spending Account or Medical or Health Savings Account, from which employees pay a portion of their medical expenses directly.
The recommendations presented in the white paper reflect consensus points that emerged from discussion among members of McDermott Will & Emery’s Advisory Board on Consumer-Driven Health Care at a colloquium sponsored by McDermott in May of 2004. The recommendations aim to promote the original goal of CDHC programs—reducing employer/system costs while improving the health status of consumers.
A complete list of individual members of McDermott's Advisory Board is provided below.
Advisory Board, Consumer Directed Health Care Colloquium
Independent members
Douglas L. Chaet, Vice President, Managed Care and Network Development, Shands Healthcare, Gainesville, Florida
Roger D. Chizek, Director of Benefits, Medtronic, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Robert G. Cosway, Principal, Milliman USA, San Diego, California
Paul B. Ginsberg, Ph.D., President, Center for Studying Health System Change, Washington, D.C.
William J. Goss, Senior Vice President, Investment Banking, Cain Brothers, New York, New York
Charles H. Klippel, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Aetna Life & Casualty Company, Hartford, Connecticut
Mitchell L. Kornblit, Principal, Shattuck Hammond Partners, New York, New York
Ryan L. Levin, Vice President of Product Development and Risk Management, Destiny Health, Oak Brook, Illinois
George E. Metzger, Vice President, Human Resources and Benefits, Textron, Inc., Providence, Rhode Island
Gregory R. Morris, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, HealthMarket, South Norwalk, Connecticut
Victoria J. Nipple, Executive Vice President, MBI, Waltham, Massachusetts
Kenneth R. Paulus, President and Chief Executive Officer, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Newton, Massachusetts
Greg Scandlen, Director, Center for Consumer Driven Health Care, Galen Institute, Walkersville, Maryland
Daniel J. Spirek, Senior Vice President, Solutions Architecture, TriZetto Group, Greenwood Village, Colorado
Thomas E. Sullivan, M.D., Immediate Past President, Massachusetts Medical Society, Waltham, Massachusetts
McDermott Will & Emery Advisory Board Members
Gary Scott Davis, Partner, Miami, FL
Susan M. Nash, Partner, Chicago, IL
