Healthcare delivery

Midwest Benefit Advisors works with a medical management firm to help plan participants make smart, cost-saving healthcare decisions.

A pharmacy benefit manager can often find true savings to critical drugs in the same neighborhood.

Advisers must guide employers to the right solutions partner who can help them evaluate the best care based on reliable population health data.

Midwest Benefit Advisors works with a medical management firm to help plan participants make smart, cost-saving healthcare decisions.

A pharmacy benefit manager can often find true savings to critical drugs in the same neighborhood.

Though policy makers may need to step in where market forces fail, businesses should play a more significant role in cutting costs.

A health plan that pools risk from multiple employers and their employees is only as strong as the health of its participants.

The healthcare venture between Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. has picked the person who will lead the initiative.

Though policy makers may need to step in where market forces fail, businesses should play a more significant role in cutting costs.

Providing telehealth visits and offering workers a personal advocate to transfer medical records or schedule appointments are among the strategies employers should consider.

For companies, the arrangement can mean a healthier workforce, better care for their employees and less money spent paying for employees’ medical bills.

Many workers aren’t using their pre-tax dollars as wisely as they could. But employers can help them avoid inappropriate care with tools that support informed medical decision-making.

The alternative strategy is ideal for companies that like the idea of self-funding but want to keep the safety and stability of consistent premium payments.

For companies, the arrangement can mean a healthier workforce, better care for their employees and less money spent paying for employees’ medical bills.

Much like stop-loss coverage, employers can use telehealth services when making the leap to becoming self-insured.

Near-site clinics can increase employee wellness and satisfaction.

In a national plan, employers are pooled together to purchase stop-loss insurance. Companies pay smaller day-to-day claims as they come, but enjoy greater protection against catastrophic claims as well as the purchasing power of a large group.

The deal gives the digital health company additional resources to address the needs of employees with chronic health conditions.

At the event in Washington DC, benefit brokers learned new, innovative ways to reduce healthcare costs for their employer clients.

Much like stop-loss coverage, advisers can use telehealth services to help clients make the leap to becoming self-insured.