Cost transparency

Benefit advisers who transitioned to healthcare from the retirement space are bullish about the future of price transparency and fee disclosure.

Health plan sponsors must know the direct and indirect compensation paid to benefit brokers, consultants and medical and prescription drug claims administrators.

To cut costs, employers have implemented software, equipment or other technology to automate tasks previously completed by employees.

Only 9% of adults shop around for the best healthcare prices. Healthcare guidance platform Amino seeks to provide clarity to make more employees aware of the No Surprises Act.

Directed network and purchasing choice solutions will provide employees with a great network, pricing that is upfront and transparent, and lower costs for going to higher quality providers.

Employers in three metropolitan areas will have access to the cost-saving health plan.

The consulting firm partnered with an analytic company to help employers monitor the costs of specialty medications and opioid use in their health plans.

Employers can use data from self-funded health plans to reduce costs.

These policies would force healthcare providers and insurance companies to disclose their pricing.

The nation’s largest private employer is testing out benefits that make it easier for workers to find an in-network doctor.

These strategies can help clients more effectively intercept and guide workers to the right care, from the right provider, at the right time.

These strategies can more effectively intercept and guide workers to the right care, from the right provider, at the right time.

Proposed rules would provide consumers more detail about the actual prices hospitals charge insurers.

Employers, a once-a-year checkup can go a long way in evaluating your existing health plan to ensure the plan’s strategy is in alignment with yours.

While a long journey waits ahead for greater healthcare price transparency, many employers are looking to their brokers for better solutions.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is requesting an amendment to the Affordable Care Act in order to let patients know the cost of their care.

Proponents say the alternative approach to healthcare levels the playing field for mid-market employers.

Proponents say the alternative approach to healthcare levels the playing field for mid-market employers.

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