Providing a benefits guide path for employees
Midwest Benefit Advisors works with a medical management firm to help plan participants make smart, cost-saving healthcare decisions.
Healthcare industry
Benefits Think The value-based care challenge: Helping employers tap into quality care
Advisers must guide employers to the right solutions partner who can help them evaluate the best care based on reliable population health data.
Shane Wolverton
Quantros, Inc.
Providing a benefits guide path for employees
Midwest Benefit Advisors works with a medical management firm to help plan participants make smart, cost-saving healthcare decisions.
Benefits Think Can employers force healthcare providers to compete?
Though policy makers may need to step in where market forces fail, businesses should play a more significant role in cutting costs.
Suzanne Delbanco
Catalyst for Payment Reform
Benefits Think Gauging the risk and rewards of a benefits captive plan
A health plan that pools risk from multiple employers and their employees is only as strong as the health of its participants.
Jeff Miller
Corporate Synergies
Trump sides with Texas, won’t defend Obamacare in court
The Trump administration is siding with Texas in the state’s bid to convince a federal judge that Obamacare is largely unconstitutional.
Benefits Think Can employers force healthcare providers to compete?
Though policy makers may need to step in where market forces fail, businesses should play a more significant role in cutting costs.
Suzanne Delbanco
Catalyst for Payment Reform
Concentra expands telemedicine program
The virtual healthcare provider is also extending employee access to its telerehab program to 11 additional states.
Benefits Think City or country: Where will reference-based pricing work best?
The pros and cons of self-funded benefit strategy depend on the location of the market.
Alex Tolbert
BerniePortal
Benefits Think 3 ways to give employees more access to care
Providing telehealth visits and offering workers a personal advocate to transfer medical records or schedule appointments are among the strategies employers should consider.
Adam Hodge
freshbenies
Benefits Think What employers need to know about value-based care
For companies, the arrangement can mean a healthier workforce, better care for their employees and less money spent paying for employees’ medical bills.
Sam Ho
UnitedHealthcare
Why premiums are C.R.A.P.
President of Energi Insurance Services in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., Craig Lack identifies how brokers can claim new clients by showing them the cost of inaction.
Cigna takes hopeful step to curb opioid use
The insurer’s 25% reduction in painkiller scripts nearly a year ahead of schedule sets new tone for managing national epidemic, catches large brokerage’s attention.
Despite efforts to kill it, ACA remains on employers’ radar
The Affordable Care Act and association health plans still have a role to play in shaping the nation's healthcare landscape.
Benefits Think How to help employees avoid wasted HSA dollars
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.
Dr. Miles Varn
PinnacleCare
Cigna takes hopeful step to curb opioid use
The insurer’s 25% reduction in painkiller scripts nearly a year ahead of schedule sets new tone for managing national epidemic, catches large brokerage’s attention.
Benefits Think Why more small, midsize employers are turning to level-funding
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.
John Milne
Corporate Synergies
Despite efforts to kill it, ACA remains on employers’ radar
The Affordable Care Act and association health plans still have a role to play in shaping the nation's healthcare landscape.
Benefits Think What employers need to know about value-based care
For companies, the arrangement can mean a healthier workforce, better care for their employees and less money spent paying for employees’ medical bills.
Sam Ho
UnitedHealthcare
Drug prices drive many Americans to black market for medicines
As the Trump administration pledges to bring down America’s high-and-rising drug prices, workers are living with the burden of costly medications.
