Lower Relative Co-Pays for Urgent Care and Specialists Also Appear to Be Driving More Visits to those Sites, Says Joint HighRoads and Corporate Executive Board Analysis
Employees and their families are making more trips to the emergency room (ER), urgent care facilities and specialists’ offices as relatively low co-pay costs are narrowing the gap between those and other services – notably primary care physicians. The trends in employee co-pay are among the latest findings in the 2012 Medical Plan Trends Report conducted by HighRoads and Corporate Executive Board (CEB) (NYSE: EXBD). ... |