Healthcare innovations

Workers are becoming better medical consumers, but could still use help from employers when it comes to understanding some of the finer details, NBGH says.

Tim Doherty, head of Pinnacle HR Solutions, seeks out employers with a strategic view of health benefits.

Targeting inflated medical costs, the benefits adviser pre-negotiates prices on behalf of its employer clients.

By tying its clinical database to physicians’ EHR systems, the drug chain hopes to avoid patient sticker shock and prescription abandonment at the point of sale.

The service provides convenience and cost savings while ensuring employees miss fewer work days.

By tying its clinical database to physicians’ EHR systems, the drug chain hopes to avoid patient sticker shock and prescription abandonment at the point of sale.

A rumored acquisition could give the nation’s largest employer control of healthcare for its 1.5 million U.S. employees, drive down costs and increase the number of employers looking to disrupt the industry.

Three of the country’s most important companies have allied to take control of their healthcare costs.

Medical trend, workforce health and operational efficiency and employee productivity are three key metrics to consider when evaluating ROI.

Addressing musculoskeletal disorders could cut presenteeism and other medical costs in large and small workplaces.

A rumored acquisition could give the nation’s largest employer control of healthcare for its 1.5 million U.S. employees, drive down costs and increase the number of employers looking to disrupt the industry.

Addressing musculoskeletal disorders could cut presenteeism and other medical costs in large and small workplaces.

Without having done much yet, Amazon.com is already transforming U.S. healthcare – and not necessarily for the better.

The service provides convenience and cost savings while ensuring employees miss fewer work days.

The share of medical spending devoted to administrative costs, including billing, is roughly three times what it is in other affluent countries, and it’s a major reason the United States spends twice as much on healthcare.

Employers are pressed to reduce their health benefits spend while improving outcomes, but these tools can help.

Advisers are pressed to help clients reduce their health benefits spend while improving outcomes. These tools can help.

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.

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.