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
Economy
Benefits Think Helping a client’s employees get full value from their HSA accounts
These vehicles are already popular, but advisers can help encourage even greater participation and savings.
Josh Collins
NueSynergy
Benefits Think What to know about the first reference-based pricing lawsuit
Hailed as a more rational way for employers to pay for healthcare, the case highlight’s the strategy’s risks.
Alex Tolbert
BerniePortal
Walmart, Humana move closer as separate upheavals threaten
Different threats from major shifts in two industries are pushing Walmart Inc. and health insurer Humana Inc. toward the same solution.
Ancillary carriers shy away from cannabis industry for fear of regulatory violations
Thanks to a higher level of scrutiny from regulators, many insurers also act as financial managers and this leads employers to find elective benefit alternatives.
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.
Amazon is already reshaping the healthcare industry
Without having done much yet, Amazon.com is already transforming U.S. healthcare – and not necessarily for the better.
Benefits Think What advisers should know about the first reference-based pricing lawsuit
Hailed as a more rational way for employers to pay for healthcare, the case highlight’s the strategy’s risks.
Alex Tolbert
BerniePortal
Employers brace for 2019 healthcare rate hikes
Businesses worry about steep premium increases after Congress failed to address market stabilization in the spending bill.
Employee engagement in health benefits keeping employers up at night
NBGH’s Brian Marcotte and National Alliance’s Mike Thompson sound off on how benefits managers need to increase awareness of resources available to workers, and why the C-suite needs to get involved.
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
Aetna will pass along discounts as drug price scrutiny increases
Aetna will pass on the discounts it negotiates on prescription drugs to about 3 million of its members, in the latest move to address complaints about the cost of medicine.
Employers brace for 2019 healthcare rate hikes
Businesses worry about steep premium increases after Congress failed to address market stabilization in the spending bill.
Benefits Think Protecting employee health information
Most employers recognize that such information is “confidential,” but may not fully understand what that means or what they should do to protect it.
Kelly Riggs
Ogletree Deakins
The U.S. healthcare system is tied up in red tape
The share of medical spending devoted to administrative costs, including billing, is roughly three times what it is in other affluent countries, and it’s a major reason the United States spends twice as much on healthcare.
Benefits Think Finding the ‘just right’ insurance coverage fit
Depending on the size of their workforce, employers don’t want to choose options that are too large or too small.
Harrison Newman
Corporate Synergies
Benefits Think Protecting employee health information
Most employers recognize that such information is “confidential,” but may not fully understand what that means or what they should do to protect it.
Kelly Riggs
Ogletree Deakins
Benefits Think Finding the ‘just right’ insurance coverage fit
Depending on the size of their workforce, employers don’t want to choose options that are too large or too small.
Harrison Newman
Corporate Synergies
IBI: Employer alliances vital to reduce healthcare costs
Chris McSwain sounds off on the Integrated Benefits Institute’s new initiatives, and why firms need to come together and connect to help solve medical challenges.
After non-emergency surgeries benefit, Topgolf sees ROI
The sports bar and driving range venue implemented SurgeryPlus once it moved to a self-insured health plan and saw a 2.57% return on investment.
