Many consultants specializing in human resources and health care strategies have experts and reports on health policy and health insurance. Many of these firms conduct regular surveys on employers’ strategies and much of this material is available online. Here are just a few of them:
AON
Buck Consultants
Deloitte Center for Health Solutions
Lockton
McKinsey & Company Healthcare Systems & Services
Mercer
Price Waterhouse Coopers
Towers Watson
The Sherlock Company provides financial and management advice to health insurers, health care organizations and their business partners. Among the services it provides that could be useful to journalists are health plan cost and performance benchmarks and research.
Avalere. This health care consulting company produces dozens of reports on the strategies health providers and health systems use to improve the delivery of care, boost quality and cut costs. Among other topics, recent reports have addressed the shift from volume- to value-based care, health policy, big data, pharmaceutical costs, health insurance premium trends, health information technology, the state and federal health insurance marketplaces, risk sharing and alternative payment models.