Healthcare costs

The move is part of a broader effort to raise productivity by reducing employee time spent traveling to and waiting for care.

Even as eligibility rates rise, limited workforce participation and smaller premium increases have kept the employer health benefits landscape stable.

hCentive’s CEO Sanjay Singh discusses his own frustrations as an employer and how multi-carrier benefit platforms can help mitigate rising costs and limited healthplan options.

Employers are lowering their own premiums through coinsurance and high deductibles. But efforts to help workers control their spending through smarter healthcare decisions have met with less success.

The move is part of a broader effort to raise productivity by reducing employee time spent traveling to and waiting for care.

Brokers are trying to help employers control costs, but are seeing little success, says HR Technology Advisors’ Joe Markland.

It’s not as mysterious as it’s often made out to be. New findings clearly show that people are more confident about purchasing health plans when they can address their questions to another person.

The National Business Group on Health embraces a proposal to eliminate the excise tax, but is wary of efforts to cap the employee income exclusion for health benefits.

By quickly collecting and presenting employee health data, these custom risk engines provide dynamic insights into your employee population with just a few clicks.

Depending on factors like demographics, geography, environment, and heredity, the healthcare-needs profile of an employee base can vary widely, even between companies in the same industry, says AdminaHealth’s Arthur Jonokuchi.

The healthcare industry is focused on utilization prediction and cost transparency tools, but something quite basic is missing: Teaching people basic terms that they need to know to make informed decisions, says Airbo’s Vlad Gyster.

Depending on factors like demographics, geography, environment, and heredity, the healthcare-needs profile of an employee base can vary widely, even between companies in the same industry, says AdminaHealth’s Arthur Jonokuchi.

Employees are unsure of how to choose benefits and save for medical expenses, according to Alegeus research.

It's been historically low, but that is starting to change as utilization picks up, explains Aon Chief Health Actuary Tim Nimmer. Watch as he shares what is behind the shift.

Advisers can help employees who, an Alegeus report shows, are unsure of how to choose benefits and save for expenses.

One reason for the shift includes more plan sponsors implementing high-performance networks with more limited provider choices, according to PwC’s Health Research Institute.

A multiple-choice health benefit trivia contest is a much better way to educate and engage employees, according to Quizzify’s Al Lewis.

A multiple-choice health benefit trivia contest is a much better way to educate and engage employees, according to Quizzify’s Al Lewis.

Data platforms can give plan sponsors critical information at a glance, according to Geneia’s Mark Caron.

Data platforms can give plan sponsors critical information at a glance and provide valuable insight into emergency department use and disease management program participation, according to Geneia’s Mark Caron.