Healthcare delivery

While few mid-size employers offer high-deductible plans, in some cases preferred-provider-organization plans carry deductibles high enough to qualify them as HDHPs, according to new research.

There is new evidence that more closely ties periodontitis, better known as gum disease, to heart attacks and stroke.

New medical plans promote primary care and health counseling in an effort to lower medical costs.

Vinay Gidwaney, chief product officer and co-founder of Maxwell Health, speaks about the company’s vision for a subscription-style benefits delivery model.

Benefits issues can lead to diminished productivity, finds new research, as workers spend an average of three and a half hours a month dealing with healthcare issues at work.

Benefits issues can lead to diminished productivity, finds new research, as workers spend an average of three and a half hours a month dealing with healthcare issues at work.

The health system is making strides toward value-based care but much of them are still detrimental for employers and employees.

It takes knowledge and planning, but there are ways to keep health insurance costs from derailing company profits while still offering employees the benefits they need.

Few programs can provide hard data that they solidly increase health outcomes for employees or decrease costs for employer clients.

The U.S. health system is making strides toward value-based care but much of it is still focused on volume, which is detrimental for plan sponsors and employees.

Few programs can provide hard data or credible testimonials showing that they solidly improve health outcomes for employees or cost for benefit plan sponsors.

Steve Miller, the pharmacy benefit manager’s chief medical officer, addresses the key cost drivers and what the PBM is doing to guard against increases.

Steve Miller, the pharmacy benefit manager’s chief medical officer, addresses the key cost drivers and what the PBM is doing to guard against increases.

Michael Thompson discusses how the National Business Coalition on Health plans to address consolidation in the benefits industry and a proposal for a well-being institute.

Michael Thompson discusses how the National Business Coalition on Health plans to address consolidation in the benefits industry and a proposal for a well-being institute.

Excessive and expensive treatment is at the core of the healthcare cost crisis, says Brian Klepper.

Other countries and some innovative firms here consistently deliver equal or better quality care at dramatically lower cost, betraying the idea that conventional U.S. healthcare is superior or even appropriate.

For digital health technologies to take root in American healthcare, they must be embraced by America’s large employers, writes Derek Newell, CEO of Jiff.