Healthcare industry

Chris McSwain sounds off on the Integrated Benefits Institute’s new initiatives, and why firms need to come together and connect to help solve medical challenges.

The sports bar and driving range venue implemented SurgeryPlus once it moved to a self-insured health plan and saw a 2.57% return on investment.

It’s easy to fault the insurance industry, but dealing with the government could be a nightmare. This is why benefit advisers need to step in.

A raft of under-popularized strategies are helping advisers reign in their clients healthcare costs.

The sports bar and driving range venue implemented SurgeryPlus once it moved to a self-insured health plan and saw a reduction in costs.

The Integrated Benefits Institute announced a new initiative that aims to join together companies in finding solutions to rising health costs and chronic employee conditions.

Sales are booming for this voluntary product that fills numerous coverage gaps.

The Integrated Benefits Institute announced a new initiative that aims to join together companies in finding solutions to rising health costs and chronic employee conditions.

Amazon, Berkshire and JP Morgan may not supplant the carriers—but they may very well force them to reinvent their business model.

Companies should hold providers accountable and insist that employees receive evidence-based treatments.

Employers need to work to address employee depression, migraines, obesity, diabetes, arthritis and cancer.

Here are ways to combat the six most common health conditions that undermine productivity.

The drug supply chain is being drawn even more taut, and the power of the big players even greater.

Walmart has been buying health care for its workers directly from providers in six different regions - bypassing insurers who usually negotiate with doctors and hospitals.

White House, states calling for greater price transparency and accountability.

Group will focus on passage of the Commonsense Reporting Act.

Companies should hold providers accountable and insist that employees receive evidence-based treatments.

A trio of EBA Rising Stars discuss the challenges of working in their father firms, why new ideas matter and what impact Amazon and Apple will have on healthcare’s future.

ERISA attorney and benefits adviser Suzannah Gill teaches middle-market employers how to manage their healthcare costs.

Employers take note: Industry expert Lindsay Resnick says runaway costs are driving employers of all stripes to reject the benefit market’s status quo.