Healthcare costs

With mergers such as CVS and Aetna as well as Optum and DaVita Medical in motion, business owners fear the deals may impact health plan strategies, Aon finds.

Compliance expert Dan Kuperstein sounds off on how the regulations work, how it affects companies and what businesses should do next.`

For agents, the days of identifying, offering and then helping clients select from a handful of broad-based options are in the rearview mirror.

Benefit advisers are open to small employer clients embracing new association health plans, but some may shy away from them for fear of losing commissions.

CVS Health and Aetna were both talking to other potential partners during early discussions that led to their $68 billion merger.

Proposal would allow some employers to band together and purchase association health plans.

Benefit advisers and employers need to take aim at physicians overprescribing pain meds and the insurance carriers who look the other way.

Employers can expect participation to continue growing thanks to employee demand and the use of better data and online enrollment, according to Eastbridge Consulting research.

Telehealth will tackle behavioral health, second opinions for cancer and more, says Teladoc’s Dan Trencher.

Employers should work to prevent the spread of illness in the office by offering shots at on-site locations and dispelling common misconceptions about the vaccine.

Leading advisers are able to reduce the cost of employee healthcare by taking a vested interest in the quality and expense of medical treatment.

Advisers can expect participation to continue growing thanks to employee demand and the use of better data and online enrollment, according to Eastbridge Consulting research.

Patients are four times more likely to choose experienced clinicians over convenient locations when given compelling information and messaging.

Telehealth will tackle behavioral health, second opinions for cancer and more, says Teladoc’s Dan Trencher.

Employers tried new strategies to tame benefit expenses, such as self-funding and association health plans.

Employers should work to prevent the spread of illness in the office by offering shots at on-site locations and dispelling common misconceptions about the vaccine.

Tying compensation to outcomes has proved successful for several brokers, but they must overcome their skepticism and fear of change.

The 2017 Rising Stars in Advising are starting their own firms, experiencing monumental growth and embracing change at every turn.

Employers tried new strategies to tame benefit expenses, such as self-funding and association health plans.

Behavioral health, nutritionists and medical management experts are now accessing more patients virtually.