How employers are failing transgender employees in a crucial way
“Healthcare related to gender transition has been universally recognized by every major medical organization as medically necessary care,” says one expert.
Healthcare industry
Benefits Think Health summary plan descriptions: Keeping them readable
SPDs can be great resources for employees to use before enrollment, but workers may have a tough time understanding them.
Kim Buckey
DirectPath
Benefits Think Health summary plan descriptions: Keeping them readable
SPDs can be great resources for employees to use before enrollment, but workers may have a tough time understanding them.
Kim Buckey
DirectPath
Employers are in a position to stem opioid addiction. Why aren’t they?
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.
White House pulls the plug on proposed drug-rebate overhaul
The president’s proposal would have prohibited drugmakers from paying rebates to PBMs in government programs such as Medicare.
Steel company saves $5M on health benefits through reference-based pricing
Pacific Steel & Recycling got a better handle on how employees were utilizing their healthcare by firing their TPA and devising a new game plan.
Benefits Think Giving onsite clinics an engagement booster shot
Assuring employees of their data privacy in your benefits communication is key to increasing clinic utilization.
Larry Boress
Midwest Business Group on Health
Court takes up case that could upend US health system
The fate of the ACA is again on the line, as a federal appeals court in New Orleans hears a lower court case which ruled the massive health law unconstitutional.
Steel company saves $5M on health benefits through reference-based pricing
Pacific Steel & Recycling got a better handle on how employees were utilizing their healthcare by firing their TPA and devising a new game plan.
Benefits Think Creating an ‘urgent care first’ mindset for employee benefits
Getting workers to utilize these facilities in lieu of ER visits can help minimize your client's expensive emergency room claims.
Patrick O'Connor
Corporate Synergies
Benefits Think Creating an ‘urgent care first’ mindset for employee benefits
Getting workers to utilize these facilities in lieu of ER visits can help minimize expensive emergency room claims.
Patrick O'Connor
Corporate Synergies
Why advisers don’t believe a single payer system will control costs
There is a lot of intention to identify ways to better manage rising healthcare costs beyond traditional insurance vehicles, says Zywave’s Eric Rentsch.
Stem cell company persuades employers to steer workers toward controversial therapy
Regenexx, which runs a string of clinics, says stem cell injections can save employers a lot of money, but critics say there’s no proof.
New rule may greatly expand HRA usage
While the finalized regulation makes health reimbursement arrangements more accessible, employers should still continue to boost healthcare literacy, experts say.
Benefits Think Time to stop ignoring the risks of prescription drug rebates
Benefits consultants play a key role in preparing employers for how they should use point-of-sale rebates to lower healthcare costs.
Zack Pace
CBIZ
Why Alexa’s bedside manner is bad for healthcare
If virtual medicine is pursued in the name of business efficiency or just profit, it has enormous potential to make healthcare worse, one expert says.
Benefits Think Time to stop ignoring the risks of prescription drug rebates
Benefits consultants play a key role in preparing employers for how they should use point-of-sale rebates to lower healthcare costs.
Zack Pace
CBIZ
Benefits Think We’re in the middle of a specialty medication storm. Now what?
Claims are astronomical. The first thing clients should do is cover prescription drugs under stop-loss insurance.
Zack Pace
CBIZ
Benefits Think We’re in the middle of a specialty medication storm. Now what?
Claims are astronomical. The first thing employers should do is cover prescription drugs under stop loss insurance.
Zack Pace
CBIZ
Benefits Think How benefits leaders can support employees during the cost-shifting crisis
As workers bear the brunt of healthcare costs, clients can take actionable steps to help, including funding employees’ health savings accounts.
David Vivero
Amino