Healthcare delivery

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.

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

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

You’re not out of luck — for smaller, self-insured organizations, near-site healthcare is an affordable, scalable option.

The president will propose a sweeping effort to bring down U.S. drug prices in a plan to make good on a campaign promise.

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

Workers, who continue to see their health costs increase annually, are “basically saying enough is enough” when it comes to paying more for medical offerings, Willis Towers Watson research finds.

Prodding employers into insuring themselves has important benefits—and major drawbacks.

The price of prescriptions has skyrocketed and the industry needs to address matters sooner rather than later.

The price of prescriptions has skyrocketed and the industry needs to address matters sooner rather than later.

Amazon, JPMC and Berkshire Hathaway and other large employers have put the healthcare industry on notice but what does this mean for employee benefit advisers?