Wellness

Advisers should consider these programs to help employer clients control medical expenses while maintaining employee coverage levels.

The changing dynamics of carrier competition, the effect of insurance M&A on the market and influence on prescription drug availability are all ways employer-based healthcare may be impacted.

By tying its clinical database to physicians’ EHR systems, the drug chain hopes to avoid patient sticker shock and prescription abandonment at the point of sale.

A number of large employers are responding to the troubling trend by offering financial wellness and education programs to employees.

Three hundred large hospital systems are teaming up to control rising drug costs. But even their firepower might not be enough.

A rumored acquisition could give the nation’s largest employer control of healthcare for its 1.5 million U.S. employees, drive down costs and increase the number of employers looking to disrupt the industry.

For small to midsize employers, these vehicles provide numerous advantages previously only available to larger enterprises.

Three of the country’s most important companies have allied to take control of their healthcare costs.

Advisers take note: Industry expert Lindsay Resnick says runaway costs are driving employers of all stripes to reject the benefit market’s status quo.

Medical trend, workforce health and operational efficiency and employee productivity are three key metrics to consider when evaluating ROI.