Employees are expecting virtual care benefits this open enrollment period
Telemedicine is growing in popularity as employers and employees embrace lower costs and higher quality care.
Healthcare plans
Open enrollment needs a makeover. Here’s how to boost engagement and benefits utilization
To help employees truly understand their benefits, the once-a-year event needs to become a yearlong conversation in the workplace.
Benefits Think Steps employers can take to solve health plan inequities
Small changes can have big impacts. Here’s how to understand your employees and start helping them access better, more affordable care.
Keith McNeil
Arrow Benefits Group
Benefits Think To solve inequity in healthcare, we must first understand it
Advisers can play a critical role in helping employers better serve their entire teams.
Keith McNeil
Arrow Benefits Group
How one insurance group saved millions through bundled rates for surgeries
The program cut costs for employers and employees while boosting quality of care.
The future of primary care benefits is virtual
Michael Swartz, president of Health Karma, discusses the evolution of virtual care benefits.
Telehealth platforms tackle rising rates of adolescent mental health challenges
With shocking increases in pediatric anxiety and depression during COVID, virtual mental health care platforms are filling in the gaps for parents and kids at a breaking point.
Benefits Think What role do advisers play in finding solutions to rising healthcare costs?
It’s time our community does a little soul-searching.
Kim Eckelbarger
ARCW Leavitt Insurance
A solution for rising healthcare costs: Reimbursing doctors for better care
Should insurance companies reimburse doctors based on positive patient outcomes? Here’s what employers should know.
Employers increasingly support a public option for healthcare plans
As rising healthcare costs threaten workers’ livelihoods across America, a new survey suggests that employers are open to providing a public option healthcare plan.
Ria Health is helping Highmark make recovery from alcohol use easier for members
The partnership gives Highmark members access to the telehealth provider’s team of specialized physicians and coaches.
Benefits Think Telehealth is not enough to save employers from an expected backlog of surgeries
Telehealth use spiked during the pandemic, but it’s not a cure-all for severe musculoskeletal conditions, injuries, or chronic pain.
Brent Nicholson
Carrum Health
Why this benefits CEO thinks the healthcare system may be working against employers
David Contorno, founder and CEO of E Powered Benefits, explains why he believes the current healthcare system was never meant to benefit the consumer.
5 experts and advisers discuss the pros and cons of HSAs
When making your benefits decisions, it’s important to know the good, bad and ugly aspects of your potential healthcare plan.
Benefits Think 6 strategies to evolve your benefits for today’s flexible workforce
Continuing to meet employees wherever they are and providing resources that reflect company culture and instill community will make a positive difference as we all transition to what comes next.
Arthur Leibowitz
Health Advocate
UnitedHealth, Anthem penalized for inadequate plan spending
United Health and Anthem plans did not spend the required minimum on medical claims.
Excellence in technology: Telehealth CEO puts people over profit
Peter Hames, co-founder and CEO of Big Health, provided telehealth care for those most in need during COVID.
Benefits Think High-deductible health plans are killing us — financially and clinically
It’s time to get serious about another path to affordable, high-quality healthcare.
Ashok Subramanian
Centivo
6 low-cost apps to help employees with drug and alcohol addiction
Addressing addiction through telehealth makes treatment affordable and accessible for those who need it most.
How this CEO used his own experience with addiction to change substance use treatment
Telemedicine shouldn’t be limited to visits about mental health and primary care.
