Healthcare issues

The health venture established will take aim at intermediaries in the healthcare system as a part of a broad effort to reduce wasteful spending

The world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies, looking to sell a new type of cancer drug that could transform treatment, are grappling with an unusual challenge: finding patients.

The CEO of the Amazon-JPMC-Berkshire Hathaway aims to address the “tapeworm” eating the U.S. economy.

Atul Gawande, the surgeon and journalist who has written extensively about America’s failure to grapple with an inefficient healthcare system, has been named to head a new venture for Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase.

From the opioid epidemic to alcoholism, executives can play an important role in creating a culture and leading a conversation around abuse prevention.

Firms such as AIMM and Claim DOC are showing brokers and employer clients just how costly claims are becoming and where to find alternative avenues of care.

A 1,000-person firm could lose more than $80,000 annually to migraine-related health costs and lost work time according to a new report out from the Integrated Benefits Institute.

A 1,000-person firm could lose more than $80,000 annually to migraine-related health costs and lost work time according to a new report out from the Integrated Benefits Institute.

Advisers must guide employers to the right solutions partner who can help them evaluate the best care based on reliable population health data.

Midwest Benefit Advisors works with a medical management firm to help plan participants make smart, cost-saving healthcare decisions.

A pharmacy benefit manager can often find true savings to critical drugs in the same neighborhood.

Advisers must guide employers to the right solutions partner who can help them evaluate the best care based on reliable population health data.

Midwest Benefit Advisors works with a medical management firm to help plan participants make smart, cost-saving healthcare decisions.

A pharmacy benefit manager can often find true savings to critical drugs in the same neighborhood.

A health plan that pools risk from multiple employers and their employees is only as strong as the health of its participants.

The healthcare venture between Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. has picked the person who will lead the initiative.

The pros and cons of self-funded benefit strategy depend on the location of the market.

A new study found that fewer than 2% of heavy smokers in the U.S. get recommended lung cancer screenings.

Much like stop-loss coverage, employers can use telehealth services when making the leap to becoming self-insured.

In a national plan, employers are pooled together to purchase stop-loss insurance. Companies pay smaller day-to-day claims as they come, but enjoy greater protection against catastrophic claims as well as the purchasing power of a large group.