Healthcare delivery

Top-down culture and increased education are steps employers are taking to break down the stigma surrounding mental health.

Top-down culture and increased education are steps employers are taking to break down the stigma surrounding mental health.

With resources like second opinion services and health spending accounts, workers may be able to achieve reductions in health costs.

Employers should work to identify and help at-risk employees as early as possible.

Proposed rules would provide consumers more detail about the actual prices hospitals charge insurers.

“When you can look at [an employee] and say we just saved you that copay, that means something,” one expert says.

Clients often look to advisers for guidance when implementing a new healthcare spending model.

Benefit managers may need to review cost accumulator programs for specialty medications under recent regulations.

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.

From large employers like Walmart, to those with smaller employee populations, addressing a fragmented and expensive healthcare system is a top priority.