Healthcare costs

The New York hospital system is transitioning to a centralized human capital management to improve health outcomes, reduce employee turnover and save $15 million a year.

Without having done much yet, Amazon.com is already transforming U.S. healthcare – and not necessarily for the better.

Hailed as a more rational way for employers to pay for healthcare, the case highlight’s the strategy’s risks.

Businesses worry about steep premium increases after Congress failed to address market stabilization in the spending bill.

The South Carolina-based insurance company is adding the new plans to round out its portfolio of worksite voluntary products.

NBGH’s Brian Marcotte and National Alliance’s Mike Thompson sound off on how benefits managers need to increase awareness of resources available to workers, and why the C-suite needs to get involved.

The service provides convenience and cost savings while ensuring employees miss fewer work days.

Aetna will pass on the discounts it negotiates on prescription drugs to about 3 million of its members, in the latest move to address complaints about the cost of medicine.

Businesses worry about steep premium increases after Congress failed to address market stabilization in the spending bill.

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