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Dennis Ackley
Conference Speaking | Retirement Education | Benefit Communication
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Consumer-Driven Health Plans
Six Steps to Effectively Communicating Your CDHC PlanCDHC Solutions Magazine, October 2005
The new consumer-involved design requires a different communication approach.

Communicating a Consumer-Driven Healthcare ProgramWorkspan (World at Work), April 2003
How to successfully introduce consumer-involved healthcare.

Controlling Health Plan Costs
Want Employees to Control Costs: Say So, Act Like ItBenefits & Compensation Solutions, February 2004
If you say health plan expenses are threatening your organization's financial health, act like it matters.
 
Dallas Business Journal, July 1994
If we do not control the delivery of treatment, then the main issue is how to pay the cost.
 
Until employees learn the financial facts of benefits, reactions will be mostly emotional.
 
Putting Health Plans a Positive Light
Taking Care in Communicating Health Care Plan CutbacksThe Self-Insurer, December, 2002
Health care is an emotionally sensitive benefit. That's why communicating about cuts is difficult to do well.
 
Part of the problem stems from reliance on phrases that no longer apply and benefits jargon.
 
Communicating a Point of Service Plan Compensation and Benefits Management, Summer 1993
A thoughtful campaign can educate employees about the benefits of a managed health care program.
 
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