Individuals enrolled in consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs) in 2016 had 13 percent lower spending on average than those not enrolled in CDHPs, according to a report from Health Care Cost Institute...
Seventy-one percent of employers with 100 or more employees are either actively integrating or considering integrating their medical, dental, vision, and pharmacy benefits under their health and...
A new report from the Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO) and Mercer reveals just how vital leadership support is to high-quality workforce wellness initiatives.
“These findings...
The National Business Group on Health has released its top-five trends for the coming year, and employers clearly want to play a more involved role in healthcare transformation.
Chief among their...
Workers and their families are spending a larger share of their income on their employer-sponsored health plans, according to a new study from the Commonwealth Fund.
Coauthored by Sara Collins, Vice...
New analysis of available health plans on ACA exchanges in 2019 shows that narrow networks remain a dominant force.
Avalere researchers found that more restrictive networks own nearly three-quarters...
The realization that consumers using less care but paying more to receive services and treatment is leading employers to rethink their approaches to providing health coverage to their employees,...
Changing government regulations and demands for benefits in the small to medium business market is likely to lead to consolidation and place a growing emphasis on creating innovative health plans,...
Workers with diabetes who switched to high-deductible health plans requiring additional out-of-pocket expenses are more apt to put off necessary check-ups, a new Annals of Internal Medicine study...
Employer-sponsored Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment for plan year 2019 increased by 12 percent, representing a bump of more than 443,000 individual members, according to a new analysis by Mark Farrah...
Integrating pharmacy benefits with medical benefits can help to improve overall health and reduce employer costs, according to a new study released by Cigna.
Individuals with connected medical,...
Sixty percent of employers don’t capitalize on opportunities to address healthcare spending waste, even though they say wasteful spending is a key concern, according to a new survey from the...
In order to reduce overall spending, employers should focus on designing wellness programs that target chronic diseases and address other clinical factors impacting employee health, says a new research...
The Departments of Labor, Treasury, and HHS have proposed a new rule that would allow employers to directly reimburse employees’ care costs through health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) as an...
Just under half of employers participating in a survey from the National Business Group on Health (NBGH) are actively experimenting with innovative health plan designs that aim to foster new approaches...
The majority of consumers with employer-sponsored health plans lack the necessary financial health literacy to optimally manage their health plan finances, according to a new report from Alegeus.
As...
Reference pricing models for prescription drugs may help to contain spending and reduce high costs for beneficiaries, says a new report from the Commonwealth Fund.
Currently, most payers use tiered...
More comprehensive coverage for mental healthcare could bring a financial return of four dollars for every one dollar spent by employers, says a report from the National Alliance of Healthcare...
Designing meaningful and high-quality cancer care benefits is a challenge for employer-sponsored health plans.
Cancer, a costly and complex condition that takes many different forms, requires...
Approximately twenty percent of employees with insurance had at least one out-of-network claim for inpatient care, according to a Peterson-Kaiser Tracker analysis. Employees with out-of-network...
