Healthcare industry

The health venture established will take aim at intermediaries in the healthcare system as a part of a broad effort to reduce wasteful spending

The world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies, looking to sell a new type of cancer drug that could transform treatment, are grappling with an unusual challenge: finding patients.

The CEO of the Amazon-JPMC-Berkshire Hathaway aims to address the “tapeworm” eating the U.S. economy.

By continually reviewing prescription benefit policies and adapting them to current clinical information, employees are limited to their first exposure to addictive painkillers.

Atul Gawande receives high praise from industry professionals; however determining who will support his plans remains a mystery.

By passing this popular bipartisan legislation now, Congress can help make coverage and care more affordable for everyone.

Atul Gawande, the surgeon and journalist who has written extensively about America’s failure to grapple with an inefficient healthcare system, has been named to head a new venture for Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase.

Smaller insurers are often hesitant at first. But encouraged by benefit brokerages like Lockton Companies, they are increasingly embracing this cost saving paradigm.

From the opioid epidemic to alcoholism, executives can play an important role in creating a culture and leading a conversation around abuse prevention.

By passing this popular bipartisan legislation now, Congress can help make coverage and care more affordable for everyone.

Smaller insurers are often hesitant at first. But encouraged by benefit brokerages like Lockton Companies, they are increasingly embracing this cost saving paradigm.

You can’t solve a healthcare supply chain problem with insurance, says one expert.

A lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act may well turn out to be a bigger story in the news than in the courts.

Firms such as AIMM and Claim DOC are showing brokers and employer clients just how costly claims are becoming and where to find alternative avenues of care.

A 1,000-person firm could lose more than $80,000 annually to migraine-related health costs and lost work time according to a new report out from the Integrated Benefits Institute.

There is a growing trend in which out-of-network healthcare providers attempt to bring suit directly against the employer or the employer medical plan.

A 1,000-person firm could lose more than $80,000 annually to migraine-related health costs and lost work time according to a new report out from the Integrated Benefits Institute.

Advisers must guide employers to the right solutions partner who can help them evaluate the best care based on reliable population health data.

Midwest Benefit Advisors works with a medical management firm to help plan participants make smart, cost-saving healthcare decisions.

Advisers must guide employers to the right solutions partner who can help them evaluate the best care based on reliable population health data.