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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.

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

“Healthcare related to gender transition has been universally recognized by every major medical organization as medically necessary care,” says one expert.

“Healthcare related to gender transition has been universally recognized by every major medical organization as medically necessary care,” says one expert.

SPDs can be great resources for employees to use before enrollment, but workers may have a tough time understanding them.

SPDs can be great resources for employees to use before enrollment, but workers may have a tough time understanding them.

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.

Employers have to navigate through an ever growing patchwork of state laws surrounding cannabis use and the workforce.

The president’s proposal would have prohibited drugmakers from paying rebates to PBMs in government programs such as Medicare.

Pacific Steel & Recycling got a better handle on how employees were utilizing their healthcare by firing their TPA and devising a new game plan.

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

The fate of the ACA is again on the line, as a federal appeals court in New Orleans hears a lower court case which ruled the massive health law unconstitutional.

Pacific Steel & Recycling got a better handle on how employees were utilizing their healthcare by firing their TPA and devising a new game plan.

Getting workers to utilize these facilities in lieu of ER visits can help minimize your client's expensive emergency room claims.

Getting workers to utilize these facilities in lieu of ER visits can help minimize expensive emergency room claims.

There is a lot of intention to identify ways to better manage rising healthcare costs beyond traditional insurance vehicles, says Zywave’s Eric Rentsch.

Regenexx, which runs a string of clinics, says stem cell injections can save employers a lot of money, but critics say there’s no proof.

While the finalized regulation makes health reimbursement arrangements more accessible, employers should still continue to boost healthcare literacy, experts say.

Benefits consultants play a key role in preparing employers for how they should use point-of-sale rebates to lower healthcare costs.