Health insurance

It’s almost a guarantee that employers will see increasing pharmacy costs even when the plan is negotiated and managed properly. That’s why it’s important to review PBM contracts carefully.

Recommendation tools are not only helping workers choose more appropriate health plans, they are also educating them as to the value of their benefits, says Willis Towers Watson’s Rob Harkins.

For most payers and self-funded employer plans, air ambulance flights an out-of-network charge that can be staggering.

From what will happen with cost containment provisions to addressing broker business models, BAN’s Perry Braun is looking for answers.

Proper rest is often a forgotten component of employee wellness, says researcher Alyssa Cairns, who shares how to make it a priority.

While workers with prescription lenses worry about exposure to harmful wave lengths, they are confused if their current eyewear offers proper safeguards.

In an exclusive one-on-one, the Louisiana senator says, ‘you have to compensate brokers for their knowledge.’

President Donald Trump said the process for coming up with a replacement for the Affordable Care Act could stretch into 2018, a longer time frame than he previously indicated.

While workers with prescription lenses worry about exposure to harmful wave lengths, they are confused if their current eyewear offers proper safeguards.

Fewer people in the U.S. signed up for Obamacare coverage for this year, according to a preliminary report, as enrollments slowed after the Trump administration vowed it would do away with the health law.

Health wonks on both sides of the aisle debate the pros and cons of the GOP efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Some Republicans in Congress are starting to talk more about trying to “repair” Obamacare, rather than simply calling for “repeal and replace.”

In an exclusive one-on-one, the Louisiana senator says, ‘you have to compensate brokers for their knowledge.’

Senate panel takes 'emergency steps' Wednesday to advance nomination of Trump pick.

The National Business Group on Health outlines ideas for confronting soaring costs.

Health wonks on both sides of the aisle debate the pros and cons of the GOP efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Nominee had sided with Hobby Lobby Stores, whose owners objected to providing the birth-control coverage required under Obamacare.

Republican leaders are pushing back a deadline on putting in place a replacement of the Affordable Care Act.

Congressional Republicans emerged from a retreat this week aimed at forging agreement on how to repeal and replace Obamacare with little new clarity on the details.

HR and benefits professionals are hoping the new president will kill the Cadillac tax, focus on ever-rising healthcare costs and expand access to health savings accounts.