Employers embracing cost-shifting alternatives
More firms are managing healthcare spending with self-insurance, leaner plan options and pharmacy benefit carve-outs, according to Gallagher research.
Healthcare costs
Meeting the needs of employers in coal country
2018 EBA Rising Star in Advising Taylor Lindsey works to deliver lower costs for a complex industry.
Trump proposes bigger role for skimpy insurance, undermining ACA
HHS proposed allowing short-term plans to be sold for coverage periods of up to a year, up from the current maximum of three months.
Benefits Think Why medication non-adherence is a big problem — and what employers can do about it
A plan that includes employee coaching and support teams, financial incentives and prescription management is key.
Dr. Miles Varn
PinnacleCare
Health prices to outpace inflation for first time since 2010
The growth in U.S. healthcare prices is projected to outpace economy-wide inflation for the first time since 2010.
Albertsons to buy Rite Aid in latest Amazon countermeasure
Grocery chain to buy drugstores in a deal that would accelerate the remaking of the retail and healthcare industries.
Albertsons to buy Rite Aid in latest Amazon countermeasure
Grocer Albertsons will buy drugstore chain Rite Aid in a deal that would accelerate the remaking of the U.S. retail and healthcare industries.
Benefits Think 8 things to know about ACA employer shared responsibility letters
Given the penalty amounts, the importance of keeping an eye out for the IRS statements and acting quickly cannot be overstated, says benefits consultant Zack Pace.
Zack Pace
CBIZ
Benefits Think Are employers about to reverse the nation’s alarming healthcare trends?
The alliance of Amazon, Berkshire and JPMorgan is a positive move that will elevate the call for more quality care at a lower cost.
Owen Tripp
Grand Rounds
Benefits Think 10 questions about the legality of management carve-outs
Although the IRS is not currently enforcing aspects of executive benefits in group health plans, employers must stay compliant.
Christine P. Roberts
Mullen & Henzell L.L.P.
Meeting the needs of clients in coal country
2018 EBA Rising Star in Advising Taylor Lindsey works to deliver lower costs for a complex industry.
Gallagher data highlights cost-shifting alternatives
Best-in-class employers are pursuing more meaningful solutions to controlling healthcare costs in the talent war.
Ignoring the ACA, Idaho `freedom’ plans come with limits
After Idaho’s Republican governor promised to find creative ways to get around Obamacare, one health plan in the state plans to offer skimpy coverage that may violate many of the law’s protections for patients.
CVS Health extends benefits amid tax reform
The drugstore retailer will absorb employee premium increases for the upcoming fiscal year and create a paid parental leave program.
6 ways to mitigate specialty drug costs
Strategic Benefit Advisors prescribes strategies to manage the single largest driver of rising healthcare cost trend.
Benefits Think Are employers about to reverse the nation’s alarming healthcare trends?
The alliance of Amazon, Berkshire and JPMorgan is a positive move that will elevate the call for more quality care at a lower cost.
Owen Tripp
Grand Rounds
Benefits Think The rise of reference-based pricing
How brokers can benefit from this trend driving big changes, such as the CVS/Aetna merger.
Alex Tolbert
BerniePortal
Direct contracting touted as rising cost antidote
Steve Kelly of ELAP Services envisions fair pricing scenario in response to health system consolidation.
CVS makes a fresh, strong case for its pricey megadeal
The CVS Health Inc.-Aetna Inc. tie-up is in the shade after last week's announcement of a health partnership between Amazon.com Inc., Berkshire Hathaway Inc., and JPMorgan Chase.
6 ways to mitigate specialty drug costs
Strategic Benefit Advisors prescribes strategies to manage the single largest driver of rising healthcare cost trend.
