What’s behind Apple and Amazon’s healthcare moves?
Advisers take note: Industry expert Lindsay Resnick says runaway costs are driving employers of all stripes to reject the benefit market’s status quo.
Healthcare delivery
Benefits Think How benefits, finance pros should align to manage health costs
Medical trend, workforce health and operational efficiency and employee productivity are three key metrics to consider when evaluating ROI.
Ken Hahn
Collective Health
Cigna’s plan to buy Express Scripts is no boon to drug purchasers
Despite arguments to the contrary, the combination is unlikely to lower prescription costs for employers or employees.
Complete bummer: Why the cannabis industry doesn’t benefit from healthcare tax cuts
Because marijuana is still treated as an illegal substance at the federal level, providers don’t get the same write-offs as other federally regulated business.
Benefits Think 3 ways to boost HSA participation
Making tweaks to your health savings account communications strategy can increase employee enrollment and contributions.
Helen Calvin
Jellyvision
Benefits Think 3 ways to boost HSA participation
Making tweaks to your health savings account communications strategy can increase employee enrollment and contributions.
Helen Calvin
Jellyvision
Benefits Think The next onsite health benefit could be chiropractic care
Addressing musculoskeletal disorders could cut presenteeism and other medical costs in large and small workplaces.
Sherry McAllister
Foundation for Chiropractic Progress
9 healthcare trends to watch
Value purchasing, engagement platforms and behavioral health are among the hot topics identified by the National Business Group.
Benefits Think Helping a client’s employees get full value from their HSA accounts
These vehicles are already popular, but advisers can help encourage even greater participation and savings.
Josh Collins
NueSynergy
Benefits Think The next onsite health benefit could be chiropractic care
Addressing musculoskeletal disorders could cut presenteeism and other medical costs in large and small workplaces.
Sherry McAllister
Foundation for Chiropractic Progress
Benefits Think What to know about the first reference-based pricing lawsuit
Hailed as a more rational way for employers to pay for healthcare, the case highlight’s the strategy’s risks.
Alex Tolbert
BerniePortal
Amazon is already reshaping the healthcare industry
Without having done much yet, Amazon.com is already transforming U.S. healthcare – and not necessarily for the better.
Benefits Think What advisers should know about the first reference-based pricing lawsuit
Hailed as a more rational way for employers to pay for healthcare, the case highlight’s the strategy’s risks.
Alex Tolbert
BerniePortal
Employers brace for 2019 healthcare rate hikes
Businesses worry about steep premium increases after Congress failed to address market stabilization in the spending bill.
Employee engagement in health benefits keeping employers up at night
NBGH’s Brian Marcotte and National Alliance’s Mike Thompson sound off on how benefits managers need to increase awareness of resources available to workers, and why the C-suite needs to get involved.
Benefits Think 3 reasons to offer telehealth benefits
The service provides convenience and cost savings while ensuring employees miss fewer work days.
Sally Poblete
Wellthie
Employers brace for 2019 healthcare rate hikes
Businesses worry about steep premium increases after Congress failed to address market stabilization in the spending bill.
Benefits Think Protecting employee health information
Most employers recognize that such information is “confidential,” but may not fully understand what that means or what they should do to protect it.
Kelly Riggs
Ogletree Deakins
The U.S. healthcare system is tied up in red tape
The share of medical spending devoted to administrative costs, including billing, is roughly three times what it is in other affluent countries, and it’s a major reason the United States spends twice as much on healthcare.
Top healthcare trends to watch in 2018
The National Business Group on Health identifies nine topics that will effect employer sponsored health coverage over the course of the year.