Healthcare industry

The company is adding an individual coverage health reimbursement arrangement product for small businesses.

The tool offers workers access to consultants who specialize in assisting those caring for loved ones.

The decision removes the final barrier to a deal that adds a major health insurance business to a nationwide network of pharmacies and prescription-drug benefit programs.

Unexpected, expensive medical charges can put a financial strain on employees and ultimately impact their well-being.

Executives are changing jobs in the insurance, HR tech and benefit advising spaces.

Unexpected, expensive medical charges can put a financial strain on employees and ultimately impact their wellbeing.

Boosting utilization rates is a huge challenge for clients. These strategies from successful companies and top providers can help.

Boosting utilization rates is a huge challenge for employers. These strategies from successful companies and top providers can help.

With resources like second opinion services and health spending accounts, workers may be able to achieve reductions in health costs.

Proposed rules would provide consumers more detail about the actual prices hospitals charge insurers.

“When you can look at [an employee] and say we just saved you that copay, that means something,” one expert says.

Benefit managers may need to review cost accumulator programs for specialty medications under recent regulations.

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.

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

From large employers like Walmart, to those with smaller employee populations, addressing a fragmented and expensive healthcare system is a top priority.

These services make it easy for workers to use their dental benefits, and save companies money by encouraging preventative care.

Industry groups have long advocated for a change that will allow employees with HDHPs to use health savings accounts to cover prescriptions.

“Healthcare related to gender transition has been universally recognized by every major medical organization as medically necessary care,” says one expert.

“Healthcare related to gender transition has been universally recognized by every major medical organization as medically necessary care,” says one expert.

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