Benefits Think What does alignment mean for health benefits?
Defining alignment and value are key for employers to improve their health and care experience.
Dr. Jeff Dobro
Transcarent
Healthcare reform
White Paper Predictions for the future of benefits: Reshaping healthcare in a post-COVID world
Discover what many of your clients’ employees want and expect from their benefits this year.
Benefits Think Strategies employers can use to corral drug costs and change the system
Traditional PBMs shroud their compensation and drug costs.
AJ Loiacono
Capital RX
White Paper Predictions for the future of benefits: Reshaping healthcare in a post-COVID world
Discover what many of your clients’ employees want and expect from their benefits this year.
Healthcare, COVID response to take center stage in Biden-Harris administration
Employer and insurance groups say they plan to work with the future president’s plans to improve healthcare delivery.
What to know as ACA heads to Supreme Court — again
Whether or not the ACA is upheld will determine the future of healthcare.
A Biden win and Republican Senate might lead to gridlock on health issues
Without a Democratic majority in the Senate, Biden as president could not likely advance many of his top health agenda items — including lowering the eligibility age for Medicare to 60 and expanding financial assistance for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
Nashville school district leader overhauls maternity benefit pricing
David Hines, the 2020 Healthcare Benny Award winner, helped school employees pay zero out-of-pocket costs to have a baby.
Without Ginsburg, judicial threats to the ACA, reproductive rights heighten
Ginsburg’s death throws an already chaotic general election campaign during a pandemic into more turmoil. But in the longer term, her absence from the bench could accelerate a trend underway to get cases to the Supreme Court toward invalidating the ACA and rolling back reproductive freedoms for women.
Premera Blue Cross adds new radiology services
The insurance company partnered with Covera Health to prevent misdiagnosis and unnecessary surgeries.
National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions launches five-year plan on mental health
“The mental health crisis has been growing, getting worse,” says National Alliance CEO Michael Thompson.
Employers shouldn’t fear expansion of Medicare
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.
IRS expands HDHP plan coverage of chronic conditions
Industry groups have long advocated for a change that will allow employees with HDHPs to use health savings accounts to cover prescriptions.
New rule may greatly expand HRA usage
While the finalized regulation makes health reimbursement arrangements more accessible, employers should still continue to boost healthcare literacy, experts say.
Why some CEOs figure ‘Medicare for all’ is good for business
Medicare for all would require several new taxes to raise money, but some employers say such a plan would mean savings for their company and employees.
Brokers would have to reveal fees, incentives under new legislation
This move addresses “the absolute lowest hanging fruit” when it comes to fixing the health insurance market, one expert says.
Are surprises ahead for legislation to curb surprise medical bills?
As Congress weighs how to address the problem, here’s a guide to the bills and what to watch.
Benefits Think A 20-point checkup for your 2020 health plan renewal
Employers, a once-a-year checkup can go a long way in evaluating your existing health plan to ensure the plan’s strategy is in alignment with yours.
Ryan Olmstead
Catalyst for Payment Reform
CBO’s report on single-payer healthcare holds more questions than answers
“Even single-payer systems around the globe vary from each other in many, many ways,” an expert who helped draft the Affordable Care Act says.
Trump administration tells court to scrap Obamacare
Getting rid of the ACA could roll back requirements for employer health plans, end subsidies for millions of people and eliminate expanded Medicaid coverage.
