Is HSA growth rate stuck in neutral?
EBRI analysis of five surveys show enrollment trending down over the past decade, but bullish signs persist.
Healthcare industry
Adviser delivers healthcare answers to Seattle’s tech start-ups
The 32-year-old vice president of the technology practice at Parker, Smith and Feek motivates employees to seek high quality providers for affordable procedures.
Bringing a fresh set of eyes to the benefits industry
Rising Star in Advising Rachel Miner has been in the field for just over three years, fixed on improving transparency and health costs for her clients.
Benefits Think Reference-based pricing: Is it right for your clients?
Some advisers are using this approach to help self-insured employers control costs. But it’s is not without controversy.
Robert Townsend
Corporate Synergies
Benefits Think Tying employee satisfaction to health plan selection
By helping employees make better choices, employers can get more out of their benefits investment.
Scott Evans
benefitexpress
Containing costs through hospital network partnerships
This rural-Missouri adviser won deep discounts from local-area providers for the benefit of her self-funded and group captive clients.
As high deductible plan popularity rise so do premiums
A new report by Benefitfocus shows differences in healthcare cost across the U.S. and how HDHP participation continues to increase yet out-of-pocket cost continues to rise as well.
Benefits Think Tying employee satisfaction to health plan selection
By helping employees make better choices, advisers can help clients get more out of their benefits investment.
Scott Evans
benefitexpress
Profiles in advising: The advantages of building a like-minded client base
Tim Doherty, head of Pinnacle HR Solutions, seeks out employers with a strategic view of health benefits.
Benefits Think Reference-based pricing: Is it right for you?
Employers should consider a number of major factors, including stop-loss coverage and reimbursement models, before making the move.
Robert Townsend
Corporate Synergies
Is HSA growth rate stuck in neutral?
EBRI analysis of five surveys show enrollment trending down over the past decade, but bullish signs persist.
As high deductible plan popularity rise so do premiums
A new report by Benefitfocus shows differences in healthcare cost across the U.S. and how HDHP participation continues to increase yet out-of-pocket cost continues to rise as well.
Maestro Health’s new benefits platform aims to deliver Medicare pricing to non-Medicare employees
Targeting inflated medical costs, the benefits adviser pre-negotiates prices on behalf of its employer clients.
Benefits Think Group captives: A cost-effective alternative to traditional health insurance
For small to midsize employers, these vehicles provide numerous advantages previously only available to larger enterprises.
Robert Carrington
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants
CVS e-prescription program aims to help employees pay less for medications
By tying its clinical database to physicians’ EHR systems, the drug chain hopes to avoid patient sticker shock and prescription abandonment at the point of sale.
Benefits Think 3 reasons to offer telehealth benefits
The service provides convenience and cost savings while ensuring employees miss fewer work days.
Sally Poblete
Wellthie
CVS e-prescription program aims to help employees pay less for medications
By tying its clinical database to physicians’ EHR systems, the drug chain hopes to avoid patient sticker shock and prescription abandonment at the point of sale.
Will this hospital partnership bend Rx cost curve?
Three hundred large hospital systems are teaming up to control rising drug costs. But even their firepower might not be enough.
Benefits Think Group captives: A cost-effective alternative to traditional health insurance
For small to midsize employers, these vehicles provide numerous advantages previously only available to larger enterprises.
Robert Carrington
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants
Benefits Think Amazon, JPMorgan and Berkshire Hathaway may reinvent the carrier business model
Three of the country’s most important companies have allied to take control of their healthcare costs.
Robert M. Gearhart Jr.
DCW Group