Benefits Think Tying employee satisfaction to health plan selection
By helping employees make better choices, advisers can help clients get more out of their benefits investment.
Scott Evans
benefitexpress
Economy
Profiles in advising: The advantages of building a like-minded client base
Tim Doherty, head of Pinnacle HR Solutions, seeks out employers with a strategic view of health benefits.
Benefits Think Reference-based pricing: Is it right for you?
Employers should consider a number of major factors, including stop-loss coverage and reimbursement models, before making the move.
Robert Townsend
Corporate Synergies
Is HSA growth rate stuck in neutral?
EBRI analysis of five surveys show enrollment trending down over the past decade, but bullish signs persist.
As high deductible plan popularity rise so do premiums
A new report by Benefitfocus shows differences in healthcare cost across the U.S. and how HDHP participation continues to increase yet out-of-pocket cost continues to rise as well.
Maestro Health’s new benefits platform aims to deliver Medicare pricing to non-Medicare employees
Targeting inflated medical costs, the benefits adviser pre-negotiates prices on behalf of its employer clients.
Benefits Think Group captives: A cost-effective alternative to traditional health insurance
For small to midsize employers, these vehicles provide numerous advantages previously only available to larger enterprises.
Robert Carrington
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants
CVS e-prescription program aims to help employees pay less for medications
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.
Benefits Think 3 reasons to offer telehealth benefits
The service provides convenience and cost savings while ensuring employees miss fewer work days.
Sally Poblete
Wellthie
CVS e-prescription program aims to help employees pay less for medications
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.
Will this hospital partnership bend Rx cost curve?
Three hundred large hospital systems are teaming up to control rising drug costs. But even their firepower might not be enough.
Benefits Think Group captives: A cost-effective alternative to traditional health insurance
For small to midsize employers, these vehicles provide numerous advantages previously only available to larger enterprises.
Robert Carrington
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants
Benefits Think Amazon, JPMorgan and Berkshire Hathaway may reinvent the carrier business model
Three of the country’s most important companies have allied to take control of their healthcare costs.
Robert M. Gearhart Jr.
DCW Group
What’s behind Apple and Amazon’s healthcare moves?
Advisers take note: Industry expert Lindsay Resnick says runaway costs are driving employers of all stripes to reject the benefit market’s status quo.
Benefits Think How benefits, finance pros should align to manage health costs
Medical trend, workforce health and operational efficiency and employee productivity are three key metrics to consider when evaluating ROI.
Ken Hahn
Collective Health
Cigna’s plan to buy Express Scripts is no boon to drug purchasers
Despite arguments to the contrary, the combination is unlikely to lower prescription costs for employers or employees.
Complete bummer: Why the cannabis industry doesn’t benefit from healthcare tax cuts
Because marijuana is still treated as an illegal substance at the federal level, providers don’t get the same write-offs as other federally regulated business.
Opioid treatment costing employers big
Addiction recovery costs are skyrocketing for companies, but employee education on drug usage can help stem the tide.
Benefits Think 3 ways to boost HSA participation
Making tweaks to your health savings account communications strategy can increase employee enrollment and contributions.
Helen Calvin
Jellyvision
Benefits Think 6 takeaways from the first year of the QSEHRA
Outcomes were generally positive and can be used by advisers to help clients get more out of the program.
Caitlin Bronson
PeopleKeep Inc.