Five years ago, it was the Wild West when it came to employers delivering information on health care costs to employees. Cost transparency tools, either provided by traditional insurers or stand-alone companies, were just beginning to appear, and the Affordable Care Act had not yet turned national attention to the wide variation in costs by region and provider.
Today, it’s a little different. Employers have an array of options to choose from, and gone are the days of companies explaining what transparency is. Now employers ask, “How are you different?”
