Tech innovator spotlight: Mike Levin
As co-founder and CEO of Vericred, Levin’s vision is to create a centralized, continuously verified, database of health provider information.
Healthcare issues
Employees report difficulty navigating healthcare options
Benefits issues can lead to diminished productivity, finds new research, as workers spend an average of three and a half hours a month dealing with healthcare issues at work.
Targeted communications, transparency tools can enhance HDHP open enrollment
The majority of large employers offer high-deductible health plans coupled with health savings accounts, but traditional plans are still favored by many employees.
Benefits Think Biometric screenings found to be more cost-effective when conducted on-site
Primary care provider-based wellness tests work well for remote employees, but ones conducted at the workplace are better for an employer’s bottom line, according to an analysis of medical claims data conducted by HealthFitness.
Tatiana Shnaiden
HealthFitness
Employees report difficulty navigating healthcare options
Benefits issues can lead to diminished productivity, finds new research, as workers spend an average of three and a half hours a month dealing with healthcare issues at work.
Employers trying different methods to hold down healthcare costs
Group health plan costs are expected to rise modestly this year and plan sponsors anticipate a growth in strategies such as telemedicine and high-performance provider networks.
Targeted communications, transparency tools can enhance HDHP open enrollment
The majority of large employers offer high-deductible health plans coupled with health savings accounts, but traditional plans are still favored by many employees.
Employers trying different methods to hold down healthcare costs
Group health plan costs are expected to rise modestly this year and plan sponsors anticipate a growth in strategies such as telemedicine and high-performance provider networks.
Benefits Think Why high-value healthcare remains elusive
Few programs can provide hard data that they solidly increase health outcomes for employees or decrease costs for employer clients.
Brian Klepper
Worksite Health Advisors
Employer group releases diabetes management guide
The Northeast Business Group on Health says digital tools can make a difference in controlling chronic conditions among employees.
Why employer interest in population health management is growing
The strategy involves anticipating the needs of those employees who use the most resources in between doctor visits and automating processes to manage their treatment plans.
Benefits Think High-value healthcare remains elusive
Few programs can provide hard data or credible testimonials showing that they solidly improve health outcomes for employees or cost for benefit plan sponsors.
Brian Klepper
Worksite Health Advisors
Why employers are asking about population health management strategies
The chief drivers of cost in any healthcare plan are the sickest patients in the pool, prompting clients to consider options that specifically address chronic care management.
Employer group releases diabetes management guide
The Northeast Business Group on Health says digital tools can make a difference in controlling chronic conditions among employees.
Benefits Think What’s at stake for employers in ACA contraception case
The key issue for benefit plan sponsors in Zubik v. Burwell is whether the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive-coverage mandate requirements and its accommodation violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Amy Gordon
Winston & Strawn LLP
Are incentives the key to reducing healthcare costs?
How the concept of paying employees to encourage certain behaviors is making its way into other areas of benefits that advisers need to know about.
How Express Scripts is looking to hold down drug prices
Steve Miller, the pharmacy benefit manager’s chief medical officer, addresses the key cost drivers and what the PBM is doing to guard against increases.
How Express Scripts is looking to hold down drug prices
Steve Miller, the pharmacy benefit manager’s chief medical officer, addresses the key cost drivers and what the PBM is doing to guard against increases.
National health group’s new CEO outlines key initiatives
Michael Thompson discusses how the National Business Coalition on Health plans to address consolidation in the benefits industry and a proposal for a well-being institute.
Are incentives the key to reducing healthcare costs?
Employers are familiar with wellness incentives, but the concept of paying employees to encourage certain behaviors is making its way into other areas of benefits.
