Gawande says goal is better healthcare for 1 million workers
The CEO of the Amazon-JPMC-Berkshire Hathaway aims to address the “tapeworm” eating the U.S. economy.
Healthcare plans
Does Amazon, Berkshire and JPMorgan’s new healthcare venture leader fit the bill?
Atul Gawande receives high praise from industry professionals; however determining who will support his plans remains a mystery.
Benefits Think CREATES Act will lower prescription drug costs
By passing this popular bipartisan legislation now, Congress can help make coverage and care more affordable for everyone.
Greg Gierer
America’s Health Insurance Plans
Dimon, Bezos, Buffett tap Harvard’s Gawande for health firm
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.
Warming to self-insurance
Smaller insurers are often hesitant at first. But encouraged by benefit brokerages like Lockton Companies, they are increasingly embracing this cost saving paradigm.
Employers must step up to address substance abuse
From the opioid epidemic to alcoholism, executives can play an important role in creating a culture and leading a conversation around abuse prevention.
Benefits Think CREATES Act will lower prescription drug costs
By passing this popular bipartisan legislation now, Congress can help make coverage and care more affordable for everyone.
Greg Gierer
America’s Health Insurance Plans
Utz Quality Foods treats employees to onsite clinic
The snack maker finds cost savings and better employee health with onsite primary care.
Warming to self-insurance
Smaller insurers are often hesitant at first. But encouraged by benefit brokerages like Lockton Companies, they are increasingly embracing this cost saving paradigm.
Utz Quality Foods treats employees to onsite clinic
The snack maker finds cost savings and better employee health with onsite primary care.
Self-insurance viewpoints: Employers lead the charge
You can’t solve a healthcare supply chain problem with insurance, says one expert.
New Obamacare lawsuit looks like another loser
A lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act may well turn out to be a bigger story in the news than in the courts.
Migraines giving employers a headache
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.
Benefits Think Details matter: Medical plan anti-assignment clauses protect employers
There is a growing trend in which out-of-network healthcare providers attempt to bring suit directly against the employer or the employer medical plan.
Gregg Dooge
Foley & Lardner
Migraines giving employers a headache
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.
Benefits Think The value-based care challenge: Helping employers tap into quality care
Advisers must guide employers to the right solutions partner who can help them evaluate the best care based on reliable population health data.
Shane Wolverton
Quantros, Inc.
Private-equity backed air ambulances leave behind $50,000 bills
Favorable treatment under federal law means air-ambulance companies, unlike their counterparts on the ground, have few restrictions on what they can charge for their services.
Providing a benefits guide path for employees
Midwest Benefit Advisors works with a medical management firm to help plan participants make smart, cost-saving healthcare decisions.
Benefits Think Employees need help in the hunt for cheaper prescriptions
A pharmacy benefit manager can often find true savings to critical drugs in the same neighborhood.
Heidi Rasmussen
Freshbenies
Benefits Think The value-based care challenge: Helping employers tap into quality care
Advisers must guide employers to the right solutions partner who can help them evaluate the best care based on reliable population health data.
Shane Wolverton
Quantros, Inc.
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