Healthcare delivery

Implementing a reference-based pricing model takes time, support and a significant amount of employee education.

The stakes are high in healthcare, where selecting the right treatment hangs on getting the right diagnosis.

As employers build a toolkit to help employees make more informed medical decisions, it’s important that they ensure that these tools are easy for employees to access and use.

The design and delivery of an inclusive health plan is still a relatively new concept and something many employers are learning how to successfully navigate.

Employers can turn to affordable care options to help their workers struggling with poor mental health.

“We are moving toward being a much more consumer-centric health-services, health-solutions company meeting the needs of consumers where they want to be met,” says CVS CEO Karen Lynch.

Major health systems, clinics and private practices alike pivoted swiftly to telemedicine during COVID-19, but video services were not equally prepared for the titanic influx in users.

Strategies for employers to leverage virtual care to ensure your vision benefits see peak utilization.

Telehealth served as a lifeline for many during the pandemic, ramping up from a minority share of office visits to a majority, at least for a while. Still, it cannot replace hands-on care for some conditions.

Why employers need to elevate virtual care strategies — and think beyond the best practices of 2020.

More than half of benefits leaders surveyed don’t trust the accuracy of the data they receive from health plans or vendors, while one in three struggle to connect the data they receive from various sources.

Employers increasingly are expected to play a key role in getting U.S. adults inoculated, with the pace of vaccinations in the U.S. starting to slow.

Doctor finder services are all supported by advertising, and a doctor may even be able to improve his positioning by paying for advertising on the site. But there is a lack of aggregate data on how successful a doctor is, in whatever procedures he or she does.

Mental healthcare is a thriving businesses, so much so that it has caught the attention of the investors who have been quick to see opportunities and capitalize on them.

COVID concerns led millions of patients to put off routine care and screenings in 2020, so health plans will need to rethink how they forecast expenses.

Employees already spend more than a third of their waking hours on a device, so why not meet them where they’re at by offering interactive, easy-to-access digital health and well-being options.

Many people will forgo recommended treatments in favor of ensuring safe housing and food for their families.

The use of telemedicine has surged as a result of COVID-19.

People who suffer with chronic pain say it interferes with daily life and work.

Whether to mandate coronavirus shots is a question a broad swathe of employers are grappling with.