Healthcare plans

The 2018 EBA Rising Star in Advising is lowering healthcare costs for self-funded employers by boosting their benefits and improving health outcomes — resulting in unspent premiums.

Some big names in healthcare want to fix what they see as a broken system. First, they are mending fences.

Providing benefits such as dental and short-term disability is a smart way for employers to try out the insurance arrangement, which has the potential to save money and provide greater transparency.

In order to identify best in class wellbeing programs, advisers are utilizing digital analytics.

Company gyms can be convenient and personalized for employees, while also helping workers better manage stress levels.

Addressing frustrations with growing medical costs, price gouging and employee education appear to be key drivers that could impact the whole employer-based delivery system.

The corporate giants’ announcement is the latest in a series of employer moves to reduce costs and empower employees. Insiders predict more companies will follow suit.

Company gyms can be convenient and personalized for employees, while also helping workers better manage stress levels.

The corporate giants’ announcement is the latest in a series of employer moves to reduce costs and empower employees. Insiders predict more companies will follow suit.

Addressing frustrations with growing medical costs, price gouging and employee education appear to be key drivers that could impact the whole employer-based delivery system.

All three entities have a long-term profit focus, which makes them incentivized to tackle drug price transparency, behavior incentives, technology improvements and more.

Employers will be relying on brokers to know the ins and outs of each benefit account as they take a larger role in their employees’ health benefit plans.

Amazon.com, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase say they plan to collaborate on a way to offer healthcare services to their U.S. employees more transparently and at a lower cost.

The insurer says it will continue updating its supplemental health employee benefit suite in 2018.

The Recognize, Assist, Include, Support and Engage Family Caregivers Act aims to create a strategy for employers and employees who support loved ones.

Brokers must move away from typical carrier negotiations and bring real cost-saving strategies to clients.

The insurer says it will continue updating its supplemental health employee benefit suite in 2018.

President James Klein spoke with EBN about the organization’s agenda, now that Cadillac tax implementation is delayed another two years.

Collecting cost data and offering consumer-oriented tools to employees can help firms expose the widespread problem of variation in medical price and quality.

The problem can result in financial burdens and lost productivity for employees, but companies can provide support services and tools, including an advocacy service through the benefits plan.