3 pages. Excerpt: "Read about how the emerging power of predictive analytics, coupled with advances in technology, can provide the tools and insight needed to effectively manage health care plans for the long term." (Aon Consulting)

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)

Excerpt: "The AG warned the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary that if it introduced its Premium Designation program 'or any similar program' that the state would likely seek an injunction against the insurer. United is working with the AG's office and has postponed introduction of the consumer tools in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York." (Health Plan Week via AISHealth.com)

Excerpt: "Do you really know how much you're saving with your current PBM? Are you confident you're making the best use of generics for maximum savings? Towers Perrin has a new reference formulary to analyze arrangements with PBMs. Employers using the tool have identified potential savings ranging from 10% to 20% in prescription drug costs." (Towers Perrin)

Excerpt: "The law had been scheduled to expire after June 30, 2007. . . . Covered lives assessments are surcharges that payers (i.e., self-insured plans and their administrators, health insurers and managed care organizations) must pay for health plan participants who live in New York State." (Sibson Consulting)