Employer Sponsored Health Plans

4 Employer Health Benefit Strategies That Lower Healthcare Costs

by Kelsey Waddill

As employers seek to lower costs, a few key employer health benefit strategies are showing positive results. Healthcare costs are on an unsustainable trajectory, according to employer respondents in a...

5 Steps Employers Can Take To Implement Advanced Primary Care

by Kelsey Waddill

Advanced primary care can help employers control costs and coordinate care, but many employers do not know how to start and scale such a solution in their employer-sponsored health plans, according to...

Top 3 Member Engagement Benefits of Using Omnichannel Tools

by Kelsey Waddill

Omnichannel strategies are becoming increasingly significant to successful member engagement. What is omnichannel engagement? Omnichannel engagement is a strategy that originated as a sales and...

How COVID-19 Impacted Employer-Sponsored Health Plan Coverage

by Kelsey Waddill

In 2020, the prevalence of employer-sponsored health plan coverage fell during the coronavirus pandemic even as employment rebounded, according to a recent study published in the JAMA Health...

Employers: Mental Health, Chronic Disease Needs Will Rise in 2022

by Kelsey Waddill

Employers are anticipating that the coronavirus pandemic will continue to have a long-term impact in 2022, particularly in the areas of mental health and chronic disease needs, according to Business...

Employers Support Empowering Medicare to Negotiate Drug Prices

by Kelsey Waddill

Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH) supported President Joe Biden’s plan to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices. “The truth is high drug costs are perpetuated by all parties...

Centene Promotes Employee COVID-19 Vaccination, Remote Work

by Kelsey Waddill

In light of the Delta variant of COVID-19, Centene Corporation has taken steps to increase Centene employee coronavirus vaccination, boost education, and prepare for an increase in coronavirus...

How ARPA Addressed Employer-Sponsored Health Plan Coverage Losses

by Kelsey Waddill

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) supported New Yorkers who lost their employer-sponsored health plan coverage during the pandemic in three ways, according to a United Hospital Fund (UHF) issue...

Top Trends In Small Business Health Insurance During COVID-19

by Kelsey Waddill

Small business health insurance gravitated toward level-funding and self-funding and did not shift toward significantly toward the individual health insurance marketplace during the coronavirus...

What Employees Want in Their Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits

by Kelsey Waddill

Employees are looking for employers to bolster preventive care services, mental healthcare, and access to employees’ providers in their employer-sponsored health benefits, a Marathon Health...

Employer-Sponsored Health Plans Spent $814B on 2019 Benefits

by Kelsey Waddill

Employer-sponsored health plans spend over $5 on healthcare benefits for every $1 lost in tax revenue due to tax exemptions, which demonstrates the advantages of employer-sponsored health plans for...

How Employer Health Benefits Are Changing Due to Coronavirus

by Kelsey Waddill

As the country emerges from the coronavirus pandemic, employer health benefits will be more focused on investing in mental healthcare needs and will reduce the prominence of physical wellness programs,...

HHS Addresses Surprise Billing in Commercial Health Plans

by Kelsey Waddill

The Biden administration has issued an interim rule that regulates surprise billing in commercial health plans and employer-sponsored health plans, CMS announced. “No patient should forgo care...

How Employers Can Influence Employee Coronavirus Vaccine Uptake

by Kelsey Waddill

Employers play a key role in increasing coronavirus vaccine uptake, but not necessarily by requiring workers to receive the vaccine, a recent Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) report...

ACHP Recommends Federal Employee Plan Comparison Tool Updates

by Victoria Bailey

The Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) has proposed a number of recommendations to improve the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) program’s plan comparison tool in order to boost...

6 Expectations Employers Have for Provider Care Coordination

by Kelsey Waddill

Providers are not meeting employees’ needs in certain areas and employers expect more from their provider partners' care coordination strategies, employers expressed in a report compiled...

Commercial Plan Member Satisfaction Jumps 10 Percentage Points

by Kelsey Waddill

Member satisfaction has improved significantly among commercial health plans, JD Power’s 2021 commercial member health plan study found. “The past year has proven without a doubt that...

JPMorgan Chase Reveals Employer-Sponsored Health Plan Goals

by Kelsey Waddill

JPMorgan Chase has launched its new healthcare business unit, Morgan Health, which will aim to improve employer-sponsored health plan benefits among other goals. The employer will invest $250 million...

Employer-Sponsored Wellness Programs Boost Employee Morale

by Victoria Bailey

In the midst of  the coronavirus pandemic, with the average employee wellbeing rating at a low, employer-sponsored wellness programs and mental...

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