Healthcare issues

Benefit brokers need to identify who is the right AHP candidate and who should wait. Here’s how to know who makes the cut.

Employees enrolled in high-deductible plans have an average deductible of $2,296 for single coverage health insurance, compared with $932 for a traditional plan.

The insurer is betting that broader coverage of severe medical conditions for a period of of time will attract employers and employee benefit brokers.

Employees enrolled in high-deductible plans have an average deductible of $2,296 for single coverage health insurance, compared with $932 for a traditional plan.

Brokers with access to these exchanges remain in a strong position to offer small group clients benefit plan designs that meet a variety of employee needs.

The former assistant director of Massachusetts General Hospital’s Healthcare Transformation Lab is no stranger to tech-based health ventures.

Stem cell storage company Forever Labs promises the chance for a longer and healthier life.

A system without rebates would require significant fundamental change to the foundational economics of the drug ecosystem.

Nearly half of private-sector companies offered workplace insurance in 2017, up for the first time since 2008, according to EBRI research.

Nearly half of private-sector companies offered workplace insurance in 2017, up for the first time since 2008, according to EBRI research.

The recent uptick in mergers is a response to the demand for better technology and increased efficiency.

About 33% of companies with more than 5,000 employees offer clinics on or near their work sites, up from 24% five years ago.

A growing number of Americans are rigging their own medical safety nets, frustrated by the high costs and opaque pricing.

Two provider networks may be equal in a size but with little overlap. This makes the selection of the best network with the lowest overall cost a better strategic choice.

Patients far from major cities may be left with fewer hospital choices as insurers push them toward online providers like Teladoc and clinics such as CVS Health's MinuteClinic.

Highly personalized and dynamic communication with workers is critical to an impactful health promotion initiative. Is technology up to the task?

A system without rebates would require significant fundamental change to the foundational economics of the drug ecosystem.