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Aon Hewitt survey: employers eye exchanges, ACOs and reference-based pricing; board asks for trend analysis
Summary
Aon Hewitt presented findings from its 2014 health‑care survey covering corporate exchanges, accountable-care organizations, reference- and value-based pricing and employer wellness strategies; commissioners requested multi‑year trend comparisons and additional research on value‑based approaches.
Barbara Weaver Lloyd of Aon Hewitt presented highlights from the firm's 2014 health‑care survey and answered commissioners’ questions.
Weaver Lloyd said the survey drew responses from roughly 900 organizations and about 1,200 participants and is designed to surface trends in benefits strategy, employee engagement and new delivery models. "We're seeing a lot of focus on talent and engaging employees and business strategy," she said, and identified ACOs, exchanges and reference‑based pricing as market catalysts.
She explained corporate exchanges as a marketplace of benefit choices organized for a select group of employers, distinct from state or federal exchanges, and said Aon Hewitt moved into that space early to understand cost and network dynamics. On pricing models she contrasted reference‑based caps with value‑based arrangements and acknowledged a persistent evidence gap: board members and presenters agreed that more longitudinal data is needed to show whether value‑based models measurably improve outcomes.
Commissioners asked Aon Hewitt to return with trend analyses spanning prior years and with additional material on mobile technologies and outcomes measurement. Weaver Lloyd offered to provide the full slide deck and to follow up with detailed longitudinal comparisons and a PDF of the full survey.
