Healthcare costs

Strategic Benefit Advisors prescribes strategies to manage the single largest driver of rising healthcare cost trend.

There are four ways to make the two healthcare spending accounts work together, but they are often under-utilized.

Although the IRS is not currently enforcing aspects of executive benefits in group health plans, employers must stay compliant.

The 2018 EBA Rising Star in Advising is lowering healthcare costs for self-funded employers by boosting their benefits and improving health outcomes — resulting in unspent premiums.

Some big names in healthcare want to fix what they see as a broken system. First, they are mending fences.

Providing benefits such as dental and short-term disability is a smart way for employers to try out the insurance arrangement, which has the potential to save money and provide greater transparency.

Even if those assets are used to pay for nonmedical expenses, an HSA can still be ahead of a 401(k) plan or an IRA.

Pharmacies in Canada, Australia, the U.K. and more can supply Rx medicine for less than half of U.S. prices.

Company gyms can be convenient and personalized for employees, while also helping workers better manage stress levels.

The regulatory environment is one of the toughest in the country and the expansion of PEOs is leading to adverse risk selection.

Addressing frustrations with growing medical costs, price gouging and employee education appear to be key drivers that could impact the whole employer-based delivery system.

The corporate giants’ announcement is the latest in a series of employer moves to reduce costs and empower employees. Insiders predict more companies will follow suit.

Company gyms can be convenient and personalized for employees, while also helping workers better manage stress levels.

The corporate giants’ announcement is the latest in a series of employer moves to reduce costs and empower employees. Insiders predict more companies will follow suit.

Addressing frustrations with growing medical costs, price gouging and employee education appear to be key drivers that could impact the whole employer-based delivery system.

Pharmacies in Canada, Australia, the U.K. and more can supply Rx medicine for less than half of U.S. prices.

All three entities have a long-term profit focus, which makes them incentivized to tackle drug price transparency, behavior incentives, technology improvements and more.

Employers will be relying on brokers to know the ins and outs of each benefit account as they take a larger role in their employees’ health benefit plans.

Amazon.com, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase say they plan to collaborate on a way to offer healthcare services to their U.S. employees more transparently and at a lower cost.

The insurer says it will continue updating its supplemental health employee benefit suite in 2018.