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Healthcare benefits
Benefits Think How employers can get smart about cost-containment
Strategic use of data is the next frontier for savvy employers to more accurately zero in on how to best spend healthcare benefit dollars, says Businessolver’s Rae Shanahan.
Rae Shanahan
Businessolver
PBE Index inches up as exchange market evolves
The sense among some industry experts is that the private exchange market is ripe for even more growth.
HHS Secretary selection indicates the ‘seriousness of repealing the ACA’
Tom Price’s nomination has employers hoping the Trump administration will give a “thoughtful relook” to healthcare reform that focuses on cost.
Trump announces Price for HHS chief
President-elect Donald Trump said he’ll nominate U.S. Representative Tom Price, one of the main architects of legislation to repeal and replace the ACA, to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
By
Anna Edney
PBE Index inches up as exchange market evolves
The sense among some industry experts is that the private exchange market is ripe for even more growth.
Recommendations fuel purchases on private exchanges
Employees are five times more likely to purchase a product recommended by software than not.
Are medical captives the answer to data transparency?
Proponents say the alternative approach to healthcare levels the playing field for mid-market employers.
Benefits Think An employee’s guide to preventative and wellness services
Even though an employer health plan may entitle workers to some free services, including vaccines and cancer screenings, many are in the dark about what’s available to them.
Robin Gelburd
Fair Health, Inc.
Anthem and Cigna set for court fight to save $48 billion merger
Anthem Inc.’s proposed merger with Cigna Corp. would reduce health-care competition and raise costs for consumers, U.S. antitrust lawyers will argue Monday when the government goes to court to block the transaction.
How employers can increase the value of cancer benefits
Employees should be steered toward high-value care sites, second opinions and the benefits of palliative care early on.
Republicans find replacing ACA is easier said than done
Key Republicans in Congress are cautioning that replacing Obamacare will be a difficult and lengthy process that won’t happen in the first days of President-elect Donald Trump’s administration."
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Anna Edney
Benefits Think The ACA: Where do we go from here?
Which aspects of the Affordable Care Act will not be repealed, and what will be adjusted?
Zack Pace
CBIZ
Benefits Think How to make the most of open enrollment
Advisers can help employees with the challenges of selecting a health plan by giving them a how-to guide with questions and answers.
Robin Gelburd
Fair Health, Inc.
How employers can increase the value of cancer benefits
Employees should be steered toward high-value care sites, second opinions and the benefits of palliative care early on.
Benefits Think How to make the most of open enrollment
Employers can help employees with the challenges of selecting a health plan by giving them a how-to guide with questions and answers.
Robin Gelburd
Fair Health, Inc.
Benefits Think Trumpcare: A new reality for U.S. healthcare
The benefits community — and the whole country — will be watching closely to see just how President-elect Trump fires the ACA.
Daniel N. Kuperstein
Corporate Synergies
Benefit pros predict Trump’s healthcare, retirement moves
Although the president-elect has not shared many details, advisers and other stakeholders see the ACA playing a big role early on.
