Healthcare costs

While a long journey waits ahead for greater healthcare price transparency, many employers are looking to their brokers for better solutions.

The administration’s proposal would be a boon for employers and employees — and bring actual drug costs into the light.

The administration’s proposal would be a boon for employers and employees — and bring actual drug costs into the light.

The Trump administration’s new prescription drug proposal is vital to correct an increasingly dysfunctional market for employer plan sponsors.

Telehealth acquisition, expansion into electronic medical records and hospital supply chain disruption are contributing factors, one industry insider says.

Benefits professionals need to educate employees on the benefits of mobile healthcare to increase utilization — and reduce their healthcare costs in the process.

Achieving the ideal rate on an ongoing basis can help benefits professionals protect and maintain their organization’s financial health over the years.

Telehealth acquisition, expansion into electronic medical records and hospital supply chain disruption are contributing factors, one industry insider says.

Benefits professionals need to educate employees on the benefits of mobile healthcare to increase utilization — and reduce their healthcare costs in the process.

Under the proposal, safe-harbor protection would be allowed only for rebates on discounts offered directly to patients, and fixed-fee service arrangements between drugmakers and PBMs.

Devising benefits programs can be complex, which is why businesses need to empower themselves to select smart healthcare options.

When the more process-driven tasks get automated, HR will begin to provide high-touch, individualized attention, rather than having to manage people assets.

When the more process-driven tasks get automated, HR will begin to provide high-touch, individualized attention, rather than having to manage people assets.

Lawmakers make a new attempt to derail the unpopular excise tax.

With healthcare spending soaring, clients may consider turning to narrow networks or alternative sites of care.

The Trump administration's desire to end Obamacare could spell trouble for newly expanded association health plans.

Devising benefits programs can be complex, which is why businesses need to empower themselves to select smart healthcare options.

With healthcare spending soaring, employers may consider turning to narrow networks or alternative sites of care.

For employers sponsoring high-deductible health plans with health savings accounts, ensuring that the HDHP continuously remains HSA-qualified is no easy task. But this checklist can help.