Healthcare costs

Northeast Business Group on Health and AARP release a set of recommendations that could help employees .

Employers weighed down by health insurance and benefit provider invoices could see relief in its consolidated billing service.

The insurer will automate the process for its medical insurance enrollees starting January 2018.

Eliminating the Obamacare component is seen as a way to pay for tax cuts, but its removal could cause instability in the health insurance market.

Marrying price transparency with strong clinical programs can ensure proper administration of medication based on an individual’s needs.

The insurer will automate the process for its medical insurance enrollees starting January 2018.

– President Donald Trump called Wednesday for repealing the Obamacare individual mandate in a tax overhaul.

In the face of specialty drug cost increases, drug chain has created a program to help its sickest customers.

Employers should customize messaging to employees, partner with vendors, and not shy away from talking about cost, explains benefits consultant Joshua Meyer.

SHRM’s Chatrane Birbal says organizations can push for a greater use of alternative therapies and telemedicine services in rural areas to deal with workers struggling with an addiction to painkillers.

Benefits professionals can educate workers about the value of another reference with on-site information sessions, communications through newsletters and printed handouts.

Benefits professionals can educate workers about the value of another reference with on-site information sessions, communications through newsletters and printed handouts.

In the face of specialty drug cost increases, drug chain has created a program to help its sickest customers.

SHRM’s Chatrane Birbal says organizations can push for a greater use of alternative therapies and telemedicine services in rural areas to deal with workers struggling with an addiction to painkiller.

The prospect of the giant Internet retailer entering the healthcare business is beginning to cause far-reaching reverberations for a range of companies.

The company is working with employers to combat rising healthcare costs while developing better treatments.

A federal judge rejected a bid to temporarily block the White House from ending so-called cost-sharing reduction payments to health insurers under the Affordable Care Act.

Employees choose between three hospital systems in the tristate area for lower payroll deductions and more consolidated care.

Senator Orrin Hatch and Congressman Kevin Brady, top Republican lawmakers, unveiled a new proposal to shore up the Affordable Care Act.

Employers cite managing this category of drugs as their top expense-containment strategy for the coming plan year.