Benefits Think The price variation hiding inside your health plan
Visible hospital pricing is an opportunity for benefit leaders to compare costs for procedures across facilities.
Cost transparency
Career moves: Bright forecast seen for health plan advisers
Benefit advisers who transitioned to healthcare from the retirement space are bullish about the future of price transparency and fee disclosure.
Benefits Think Producers beware: CAA amplifies litigation risks
Health plan sponsors must know the direct and indirect compensation paid to benefit brokers, consultants and medical and prescription drug claims administrators.
Cheryl Larson
Midwest Business Group on Health
Most employers are adopting automation to save money — not to replace workers
To cut costs, employers have implemented software, equipment or other technology to automate tasks previously completed by employees.
A lack of awareness of healthcare prices is failing 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.
Benefits Think Directed network and purchasing choice solutions can create effective, affordable care
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.
Greggor Holland
USI Insurance Services
Using self-funded health plans to cut costs for company health plans
Employers in three metropolitan areas will have access to the cost-saving health plan.
Mercer partnership tracks rising drug costs and potential opioid abuse
The consulting firm partnered with an analytic company to help employers monitor the costs of specialty medications and opioid use in their health plans.
Self-funded health plans are key to transparency: Lightning Round with Beverly Beattie of Selden Beattie
Employers can use data from self-funded health plans to reduce costs.
Trump advances healthcare price rules to boost transparency
These policies would force healthcare providers and insurance companies to disclose their pricing.
Walmart expands benefits with healthcare pilots
The nation’s largest private employer is testing out benefits that make it easier for workers to find an in-network doctor.
Benefits Think Looking beyond price transparency to get employees better healthcare
These strategies can help clients more effectively intercept and guide workers to the right care, from the right provider, at the right time.
Maeve O’Meara
Castlight Health
Benefits Think Looking beyond price transparency to get employees better healthcare
These strategies can more effectively intercept and guide workers to the right care, from the right provider, at the right time.
Maeve O’Meara
Castlight Health
Trump administration moves to make healthcare costs more transparent
Proposed rules would provide consumers more detail about the actual prices hospitals charge insurers.
Benefits Think A 20-point checkup for your 2020 health plan renewal
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.
Ryan Olmstead
Catalyst for Payment Reform
Benefits Think Will public hospital prices persuade employers to self-fund?
While a long journey waits ahead for greater healthcare price transparency, many employers are looking to their brokers for better solutions.
Alex Tolbert
BerniePortal
Benefits Think New rule pushes for hospital price transparency
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.
Matthew Goldman
Wallaby Financial
Are medical captives the answer to data transparency?
Proponents say the alternative approach to healthcare levels the playing field for mid-market employers.
Are medical captives the answer to data transparency?
Proponents say the alternative approach to healthcare levels the playing field for mid-market employers.
How this election will change employee benefits
Whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump takes the oath of office next January, she or he will have to deal with the Affordable Care Act and the Cadillac tax, but parental leave might be on the ropes.
