Healthcare plans

Preliminary results from HealthJoy’s new platform show employers can save $6 for every $1 spent on administering rewards.

Boosting utilization rates is a huge challenge for employers. These strategies from successful companies and top providers can help.

Public opinion of the ACA’s excise tax has shifted decisively, as premiums and out-of-pocket costs have soared.

These programs, coupled with a robust communications plan, can encourage participants to use their health plans more wisely.

Preliminary results from HealthJoy’s new platform show employers can save $6 for every $1 spent on administering rewards.

Big businesses most likely fear big Medicare expansion in large part because it would lead to a significant tax increase. But looking at any tax increase as an enemy is a mistake.

From physical to mental therapy, bringing healthcare to the consumer will help improve accessibility and increase employee well-being.

With resources like second opinion services and health spending accounts, workers may be able to achieve reductions in health costs.

Report shows growing acceptance of the service by employees, who cite its low cost and time savings.

Proposed rules would provide consumers more detail about the actual prices hospitals charge insurers.

“When you can look at [an employee] and say we just saved you that copay, that means something,” one expert says.

Clients often look to advisers for guidance when implementing a new healthcare spending model.

On average, these workers use 70% more sick days than their peers.

Benefit managers may need to review cost accumulator programs for specialty medications under recent regulations.

By supporting pain management solutions that don’t involve pills, experts say HR is in a position to help turn the tide on the crisis.

Assuring employees of their data privacy in your client's benefits communication is key to increasing clinic utilization.

From large employers like Walmart, to those with smaller employee populations, addressing a fragmented and expensive healthcare system is a top priority.

These services make it easy for workers to use their dental benefits, and save companies money by encouraging preventative care.

Employers and industry groups hope this is the first step to ultimately flatten the tires on the health plan tax.

Industry groups have long advocated for a change that will allow employees with HDHPs to use health savings accounts to cover prescriptions.