As employer-sponsored health plan costs are expected to rise over the next three years, employers plan to implement new programs and policies to improve affordability, according to a survey from Willis...
Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH) has announced a series of goals to help large employers redirect healthcare spending and improve care quality for its members over the next five...
Ahead of 2023 open enrollment, Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) announced that it will make its virtual care options available to midsize and large employers in two new states in 2023.
The...
Employer-sponsored health plan costs rose in 2021, but access to employer-sponsored insurance also increased as more private-sector businesses offered coverage, according to a report from the State...
Medicare Advantage enrollment has continued to grow in 2022, with almost half of eligible Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan, according to an analysis from the Kaiser Family...
Large employers plan to expand mental health and virtual care offerings in their 2023 employer-sponsored health plans, but concerns about healthcare costs and health equity persist, according to a...
While the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will likely improve member retention and curb healthcare costs for enrollees in the individual market, the impact on the employer market is less clear. As Medicare negotiates lower drug prices,...
UnitedHealthcare has announced that it has rebranded its self-funded health plan option, which will now be called Surest but which will maintain its focus on price transparency and...
While many employees consider themselves knowledgeable about health insurance enrollment, their responses to various questions about general health insurance questions would indicate otherwise,...
The presence of long COVID may spur changes in health insurance coverage, as people with employer-sponsored health plans may have to cut back their hours or stop working, according to data from the...
The national uninsurance rate has dropped to eight percent, a record-breaking low for the US, according to data from the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation’s Office of Health Policy...
Tailored care and streamlining payment and insurance functions can help improve families’ experiences with special needs care for children with special needs, according to UnitedHealth...
Employers face a challenging set of circumstances as they try to establish employer-sponsored health plan premiums for 2023.
The second half of 2022 has introduced many variables that can affect healthcare prices.
On the individual...
Making the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021’s enhanced subsidies permanent would increase the federal deficit by over $247 billion over nearly a decade, according to a letter from the...
Data on employees continues to exhibit care disparities that signal a lack of health equity in employer-sponsored health plans, according to a report from NORC at the University of Chicago (NORC)...
Race and ethnicity data collection is complex, but there are steps that health insurers—and the healthcare industry at large—can take to improve the process, according to a report from...
Employer-sponsored health plan coverage is not common among employees who face a higher risk of workplace injury, a Value Penguin study revealed.
The study relied on data from the US Census...
HealthONE, the most extensive Denver-based healthcare system, announced it would be joining the UnitedHealthcare Doctors Plan of Colorado, expanding its network size to enhance patient care access.
By...
Employer-sponsored health plans will generate a 47 percent return on investment (ROI) for employers in 2022, mainly driven by reduced direct medical costs, higher productivity, and tax benefits,...
Private insurance supports a large portion of nonelderly adults with mental health conditions and substance use disorders, according to a study by Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).
Mental health...
