Web-based tool helps transition employees to retirement
Insurance brokerage Willis Towers Watson’s new program aims to help workers choose the right insurance once they retire.
Health insurance
Web-based tool helps transition employees to retirement
Insurance brokerage Willis Towers Watson’s new program aims to help workers choose the right insurance once they retire.
Warming to self-insurance
Smaller insurers are often hesitant at first. But encouraged by benefit brokerages like Lockton Companies, they are increasingly embracing this cost saving paradigm.
Benefits Think 3 trends that are starting the benefits revolution
To provide real cost savings for their employer clients, next-generation benefits advisers are casting off the health insurance carriers and abandoning the traditional way of procuring healthcare.
Warming to self-insurance
Smaller insurers are often hesitant at first. But encouraged by benefit brokerages like Lockton Companies, they are increasingly embracing this cost saving paradigm.
Self-insurance viewpoints: Employers lead the charge
You can’t solve a healthcare supply chain problem with insurance, says one expert.
Medical management firms pull the curtain back on healthcare provider costs
Firms such as AIMM and Claim DOC are showing brokers and employer clients just how costly claims are becoming and where to find alternative avenues of care.
Benefits Think Can employers force healthcare providers to compete?
Though policy makers may need to step in where market forces fail, businesses should play a more significant role in cutting costs.
Suzanne Delbanco
Catalyst for Payment Reform
Trump sides with Texas, won’t defend Obamacare in court
The Trump administration is siding with Texas in the state’s bid to convince a federal judge that Obamacare is largely unconstitutional.
Benefits Think Can employers force healthcare providers to compete?
Though policy makers may need to step in where market forces fail, businesses should play a more significant role in cutting costs.
Suzanne Delbanco
Catalyst for Payment Reform
Benefits Think City or country: Where will reference-based pricing work best?
The pros and cons of self-funded benefit strategy depend on the location of the market.
Alex Tolbert
BerniePortal
Benefits Think IRS unveils 2019 HSA and HDHP limits for contributions
No change was announced to the HSA catch-up contribution limit but married couples need to look into the details.
Jason Rothman
Findley
Benefits Think What employers need to know about value-based care
For companies, the arrangement can mean a healthier workforce, better care for their employees and less money spent paying for employees’ medical bills.
Sam Ho
UnitedHealthcare
Why premiums are C.R.A.P.
President of Energi Insurance Services in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., Craig Lack identifies how brokers can claim new clients by showing them the cost of inaction.
Ditching PPOs for direct contracting
Adviser Jeff Fox is weaning his clients off of preferred provider networks in favor of self-insuring and contracting directly with a top-flight health system.
Top 10 causes of disability
A decade-long review of disability claims from carrier Unum reflects effects of aging workforce, early intervention.
It Costs $685 Billion a Year to Subsidize U.S. Health Insurance
The U.S. government will pay $700 billion in subsidies this year to provide Americans with health insurance through their jobs or in government-sponsored health programs.
Despite efforts to kill it, ACA remains on employers’ radar
The Affordable Care Act and association health plans still have a role to play in shaping the nation's healthcare landscape.
Benefits Think Why more small, midsize employers are turning to level-funding
The alternative strategy is ideal for companies that like the idea of self-funding but want to keep the safety and stability of consistent premium payments.
John Milne
Corporate Synergies
Despite efforts to kill it, ACA remains on employers’ radar
The Affordable Care Act and association health plans still have a role to play in shaping the nation's healthcare landscape.
