8 renewal considerations for 2020
January 2020 renewals are beginning to arrive, and with the Affordable Care Act’s premium tax to new prescription drug coupon regulations on the horizon, here are eight items for benefit managers to consider.
Healthcare delivery
Employers plan big increases to health, wellness budgets
To better attract and retain talent, clients are looking to invest in tech to engage employees in well-being programs.
Employers plan big increases to health, wellness budgets
To better attract and retain talent, benefit managers are looking to invest in tech to engage employees in well-being programs.
Benefits Think Searching for healthcare savings? Try an employee rewards program
These programs, coupled with a robust communications plan, can encourage participants to use their health plans more wisely.
Bridget Lipezker
DirectPath
Benefits Think 4 steps employers can take to improve healthcare outcomes
Proactively investing in high-quality care and care coordination can bring increased value to employee health.
Elizabeth Mitchell
Pacific Business Group on Health
This new program gives employees a bonus for saving money on healthcare
Preliminary results from HealthJoy’s new platform show employers can save $6 for every $1 spent on administering rewards.
Benefits Think Searching for healthcare savings? Try an employee rewards program
These programs, coupled with a robust communications plan, can encourage participants to use their health plans more wisely.
Bridget Lipezker
DirectPath
This new program gives employees a bonus for saving money on healthcare
Preliminary results from HealthJoy’s new platform show employers can save $6 for every $1 spent on administering rewards.
Employers shouldn’t fear expansion of Medicare
Big businesses most likely fear big Medicare expansion in large part because it would lead to a significant tax increase. But looking at any tax increase as an enemy is a mistake.
Employers look to virtual services to curb rising health costs
From physical to mental therapy, bringing healthcare to the consumer will help improve accessibility and increase employee well-being.
Benefits Think Prediabetes: Address the risks, or pay the price later
Clients should work to identify and help at-risk employees as early as possible.
Steve Goldberg
Quest Diagnostics
Clients zeroing in on mental health benefits
Top-down culture and increased education are steps employers are taking to break down the stigma surrounding mental health.
Employers zeroing in on mental health benefits
Top-down culture and increased education are steps employers are taking to break down the stigma surrounding mental health.
How to help employees avoid high medical bills
With resources like second opinion services and health spending accounts, workers may be able to achieve reductions in health costs.
Benefits Think Prediabetes: Address the risks, or pay the price later
Employers should work to identify and help at-risk employees as early as possible.
Steve Goldberg
Quest Diagnostics
Trump administration moves to make healthcare costs more transparent
Proposed rules would provide consumers more detail about the actual prices hospitals charge insurers.
The direct primary care movement is ‘picking up speed’
“When you can look at [an employee] and say we just saved you that copay, that means something,” one expert says.
The do’s and don’ts of reference-based pricing
Clients often look to advisers for guidance when implementing a new healthcare spending model.
Benefits Think What the HHS prescription drug rules mean for employer-sponsored plans
Benefit managers may need to review cost accumulator programs for specialty medications under recent regulations.
Zack Pace
CBIZ
Employers are in a position to stem opioid addiction. Why aren’t they?
By supporting pain management solutions that don’t involve pills, experts say HR is in a position to help turn the tide on the crisis.
