Health maintenance and prevention

Cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment outcomes remain a difficult accomplishment for disadvantaged and remote populations. The good news is employers are in a powerful position to affect meaningful change in employee health by addressing the inequities and social determinants that shape those statistics.

Cancer is the #1 driver of medical costs for self-insured employers — early detection can lessen the financial strain.

Cancer is the #1 driver of medical costs for self-insured employers — early detection can lessen the financial strain.

Cancer incidence is rising across the globe. Every year, one in two Americans are diagnosed, early onset cancer rates are projected to increase 31% by 2030, and cancer continues to hold steady as employers' top expense with treatment costs skyrocketing, rising at 8.5% year over year.

In 2024, for the first time, the number of new cancer diagnoses in the U.S. is projected to exceed 2 million. This sobering statistic was revealed alongside other cancer trends in the American Cancer Society's new Cancer Facts & Figures 2024 report.

A comprehensive early detection strategy for cancer is no longer a nice-to-have for employers; it's a must.

U.S. employers are bracing for the largest increase in health insurance costs in a decade this year. And the largest healthcare expense to employers? Cancer.

Medication interventions save lives — more people need access to them.

The American Cancer Society announced changes to its lung cancer screening guidelines, expanding their recommendations to all people over 50 who smoked more than 20 packs per year, and removing the minimum requirement for 'years since quitting.'