Benefits Think What to do when your client is too small for on-site healthcare
Near-site clinics can increase employee wellness and satisfaction.
Heather Halliburton
OurHealth
Healthcare costs
Benefits Think Why Trump’s drug plan fails employers
By not prioritizing the use of pharmacy benefit management drug rebates, the administration is hurting companies, who shoulder the burden of rising costs by all stakeholders in the supply chain.
Cheryl Larson
Midwest Business Group on Health
Benefits Think This innovative health plan approach can solve fully- and self-insured problems
In a national plan, employers are pooled together to purchase stop-loss insurance. Companies pay smaller day-to-day claims as they come, but enjoy greater protection against catastrophic claims as well as the purchasing power of a large group.
Rick Reiman
MJM Global Insurance Brokerage Group
Livongo Health acquires weight-management company Retrofit
The deal gives the digital health company additional resources to address the needs of employees with chronic health conditions.
Livongo Health acquires weight-management company Retrofit
The deal gives the digital health company additional resources to address the needs of employees with chronic health conditions.
Benefits Think What to do when your company is too small for on-site healthcare
You’re not out of luck — for smaller, self-insured organizations, near-site healthcare is an affordable, scalable option.
Heather Halliburton
OurHealth
Trump drug speech to propose more competition to lower costs
The president will propose a sweeping effort to bring down U.S. drug prices in a plan to make good on a campaign promise.
Benefits experts continue to wage war on ACA
Still seeking to repeal elements of the healthcare law, doing away with the Cadillac tax and the MLR tops the IIABA’s legislative agenda.
These advisers continue to wage war on the ACA
Still seeking to repeal elements of the healthcare law, doing away with the Cadillac Tax and the MLR tops the IIABA’s legislative agenda.
Employees willing to sacrifice pay for better retirement benefits — but not healthcare
Workers, who continue to see their health costs increase annually, are “basically saying enough is enough” when it comes to paying more for medical offerings, Willis Towers Watson research finds.
Benefits Think Why self-insurance strategies are out of whack and other realities for advisers
Prodding employers into insuring themselves has important benefits—and major drawbacks.
Shandon Fowler
Four8 Insights
Benefits Think A pharmacist looks at the evolving pharmacy benefit space
The price of prescriptions has skyrocketed and the industry needs to address matters sooner rather than later.
Zack Pace
CBIZ
Benefits Think A pharmacist looks at the evolving pharmacy benefit space
The price of prescriptions has skyrocketed and the industry needs to address matters sooner rather than later.
Zack Pace
CBIZ
Brokers debate their role in a new employee benefits landscape
Amazon, JPMC and Berkshire Hathaway and other large employers have put the healthcare industry on notice but what does this mean for employee benefit advisers?
Reducing clients’ health spend by taking an axe to claims
To help employers contain costs, these advisers are revamping their healthcare supply chain.
Healthcare’s new order
These megadeals have the potential to restructure the industry and wring out some of its most egregious inefficiencies.
Benefits Think IRS provides relief for HSA family limit
A $50 deduction was announced due to a change in the inflation adjustment calculations for 2018 under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Susan Nash
Winston & Strawn LLP
Benefits Think Is reference-based pricing driving the recent spate of healthcare acquisitions?
As more employers move to self-insure, carriers are in search of new value propositions.
Alex Tolbert
BerniePortal
Small employers flocking to self-funding
More are embracing the insurance model, as firms realize cost savings, plan flexibility and employee satisfaction that can manifest itself as soon as the first year after implementation.
Lessons in selling healthcare to the C-Suite
At a World Health Care Congress session, advisers learned new ways to get the attention of their clients’ top executives.
