Healthcare costs

Companies report greater control of choices and employers express satisfaction with overall experience, Willis report finds.

Concerns about cost, flexibility and complications often keep employers from offering coverage, but advisers can clear up the confusion.

After finding benefits on private exchanges, employees wish to return to this method of selecting services, finds a Willis Towers Watson survey.

Barclays, RBS, Unilever and Bupa UK tackle well-being programs, according to a new survey from The Conference Board.

Expanding clinical consultations, utilizing available data and studying drug effectiveness are top avenues to plan improvement.

There’s no way for employees to become successful healthcare consumers if they can’t quickly research the estimated price of medical procedures and prescription drugs.

Younger employees are more actively engaged in picking a plan and making cost-conscious healthcare decisions than older employees, new EBRI study says.

Benefits Technology Innovator Rod Reasen created Springbuk, which unifies mountains of analytics to help employers forecast healthcare spending and target at-risk workers.

The projected number of Americans covered, premium increases and overall costs will all have an impact on workplace-provided healthcare, says Arthur Tacchino.

EBN Benefits Technology Innovator Rod Reasen created Springbuk, which unifies mountains of analytics to help employers forecast healthcare spending and target at-risk workers.

The price of U.S. medical benefits will climb by 7.5% by the end of 2017, finds a new study by Willis Towers Watson.

Younger employees are more actively engaged in picking a plan and making cost-conscious healthcare decisions than older employees, new EBRI study says.

Younger employees are more actively engaged in picking a plan and making cost-conscious healthcare decisions than older employees, new EBRI study says.

CVS Caremark reports specialty drugs consuming nearly 36% of overall gross spend on prescriptions.

The new “Benefits Admin 2.0” aims to help employees make better decisions about medical perks.

The price of U.S. medical benefits will climb by 7.5% by the end of 2017, finds a new study by Willis Towers Watson.

CVS Caremark reports specialty drugs consuming nearly 36% of overall gross spend on prescriptions.

Small and midsize businesses covering, on average, 73% of their employees’ costs, new report finds.

Employers should encourage workers to use multiple savings tools and assist them in taking a long-term view of projected expenses, among other actions.

Employers should encourage workers to use multiple savings tools and assist them in taking a long-term view of projected expenses, among other actions.