Healthcare innovations

Younger employees are more actively engaged in picking a plan and making cost-conscious healthcare decisions than older employees, new EBRI study says.

Employers should post wellness tips around the office, offer the right incentives and provide recognition and rewards.

Employers should post wellness tips around the office, offer the right incentives and provide recognition and rewards.

Younger employees are more actively engaged in picking a plan and making cost-conscious healthcare decisions than older employees, new EBRI study says.

Younger employees are more actively engaged in picking a plan and making cost-conscious healthcare decisions than older employees, new EBRI study says.

The new “Benefits Admin 2.0” aims to help employees make better decisions about medical perks.

Employers should encourage workers to use multiple savings tools and assist them in taking a long-term view of projected expenses, among other actions.

Employers should encourage workers to use multiple savings tools and assist them in taking a long-term view of projected expenses, among other actions.

Pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck details the daunting task of creating a global cultural wellness program.

Pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck details the daunting task of creating a global cultural wellness program.

Sally Poblete’s Wellthie offers broker and comparison shopping tools that simplify plan option choices for small businesses and employees.

Sally Poblete’s Wellthie offers broker and comparison shopping tools that simplify plan option choices for small businesses and employees.

With the continued emphasis on wellness, employers and health plans both must educate workers on online security and the dangers of identity theft.

Employers using new technologies can provide workers more engaging opportunities to help manage the chronic condition while bringing down healthcare costs.

The platform aims to help employers and employees manage their healthcare spend.

Several conservative congressional holdouts on the stalled GOP healthcare bill said they’re ready to sign on after revisions to the measure, potentially giving it a new lease on life.

The platform aims to help employers and employees manage their healthcare spend.

Employers using new technologies can provide workers more engaging opportunities to help manage the chronic condition while bringing down healthcare costs.

As data expands and analytical solutions evolve, employers are looking at using augmented intelligence solutions, such as IBM Health’s Watson, to provided catered health treatments for workers.

EBN Benefits Technology Innovator Bill Hennessey founded Pratter, which enables employees to search and compare prices for medical tests.