A look at prescription drugs prices in 2022 — and how pharmacists want to help
SingleCare’s chief pharmacy officer and a clinical pharmacist from McKinney, Texas, delve into medication costs and solutions.
Healthcare benefits
Which companies aren’t exiting Russia? Big pharma
Drugmakers, medical device manufacturers, and health care companies said Russians need access to medicines and medical equipment and contend that international humanitarian law requires they keep supply chains open.
Benefits Think What employee benefit managers need to know about harm reduction programs for addiction
Harm reduction is about meeting the patient where they are, because not all patients are initially ready, willing and able to completely abstain from substances such as tobacco, alcohol or opioids.
Dr. David Crabtree
Quit Genius
Insurers refuse to pick up bill for billions in opioid claims
Opioid companies agreed to pay more than $32 billion to help cover costs related to opioid addiction, which has killed an estimated 500,000 Americans over two decades.
Long story short: How technology continues to move healthcare innovations forward
Healthcare continues to be influenced by digital innovations that are helping bring more care and better outcomes to employees.
Benefits Think How to build a trustworthy benefits program
Amidst increasing uncertainty driven by the pandemic, employers need to find new ways to build trust with employees around their benefits.
Veer Gidwaney
Maxwell Health
Access to best-in-class cancer care is now a benefit for John Hancock employees
John Hancock and Access Hope are teaming up to provide cancer care as an employee benefit.
Business Group on Health CEO discusses the pros and cons of the telehealth explosion
Employers should feel empowered to change how healthcare and benefits are utilized.
How this telehealth app is establishing lasting relationships between doctors and patients
Dr. Heather Towery explores how virtual care and navigation can allow doctors to better know and care for their patients.
The 20 best and worst states for mental health care
The average wait time to seek mental health treatment is 48 days.
Benefits Think How to better manage your specialty drug costs
Innovative specialty drug cost management services, along with leading online platforms, are helping plan sponsors and their members effectively manage their specialty drug expenses.
John Thornton
Amalgamated Life Insurance Company
Walmart is making it easy for employees to get healthcare referrals
Walmart is partnering with tech company Health at Scale to provide employees with virtual care referrals to best suit their healthcare needs.
AI may be the mental health solution your employees need
When talking to a manager about stress and anxiety isn’t enough, artificial intelligence can offer a solution for support.
This partnership is bringing affordable healthcare and basic benefits to gig workers
With more employees opting for gig work post-pandemic, this platform is making sure they have insurance options and other important benefits.
Why postpartum depression affects all parents
Whether a parent was childbearing or not, they still crave and deserve mental health support, both inside and outside the office.
This company is bringing healthcare to patients’ front doors
More than 4.5 million people depend on companies to provide necessary health supplies, many of whom are underserved by the current healthcare model.
5 benefits that make your workplace stand out to parents
Maven Clinic teamed up with Great Place to Work to look at how companies can invest in their working parents.
Benefits Think As long as employers control employees’ healthcare, life-saving technologies will go underutilized
By transferring healthcare purchasing power (and deductions) to the consumer, we’d see a swifter embrace of life-saving technologies, systems and data.
Joe Markland
Nfor1
Benefits Think 7 best practices for implementing a successful mental well-being strategy
A solid strategy will spell out a detailed plan for deploying multiple mental or behavioral health solutions across a workforce, based on resources that have been — or will be — purchased by the organization.
Kathleen Greer
KGA
Other Reduce healthcare costs and improve health outcomes with vision care
The rising cost of chronic disease is just one reason to add vision care to your employee benefits package.