Healthcare industry

SPDs can be great resources for employees to use before enrollment, but workers may have a tough time understanding them.

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.

The president’s proposal would have prohibited drugmakers from paying rebates to PBMs in government programs such as Medicare.

Pacific Steel & Recycling got a better handle on how employees were utilizing their healthcare by firing their TPA and devising a new game plan.

Assuring employees of their data privacy in your benefits communication is key to increasing clinic utilization.

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.

Pacific Steel & Recycling got a better handle on how employees were utilizing their healthcare by firing their TPA and devising a new game plan.

Getting workers to utilize these facilities in lieu of ER visits can help minimize your client's expensive emergency room claims.

Getting workers to utilize these facilities in lieu of ER visits can help minimize expensive emergency room claims.

There is a lot of intention to identify ways to better manage rising healthcare costs beyond traditional insurance vehicles, says Zywave’s Eric Rentsch.

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.

While the finalized regulation makes health reimbursement arrangements more accessible, employers should still continue to boost healthcare literacy, experts say.

Benefits consultants play a key role in preparing employers for how they should use point-of-sale rebates to lower healthcare costs.

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 consultants play a key role in preparing employers for how they should use point-of-sale rebates to lower healthcare costs.

Claims are astronomical. The first thing clients should do is cover prescription drugs under stop-loss insurance.

Claims are astronomical. The first thing employers should do is cover prescription drugs under stop loss insurance.

As workers bear the brunt of healthcare costs, clients can take actionable steps to help, including funding employees’ health savings accounts.

This move addresses “the absolute lowest hanging fruit” when it comes to fixing the health insurance market, one expert says.

As workers bear the brunt of healthcare costs, employers can take actionable steps to help, including funding employees' health savings accounts.