Payers expend billions every year on type 2 diabetes in the US, but the programs that are intended to help members manage chronic disease are not working, charged Amy Meister, DO, chief executive...
Business decision-makers on the small group health insurance market are prioritizing health insurance benefits and reconsidering plans with which they currently have contracts, a recent survey by Cigna...
While coronavirus brought many non-clinical benefits to a halt, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) is making wellness programming available to its members in spite of the...
Best’s Special Report, which HealthPayerIntelligence obtained by email, has discovered that healthcare payer technological innovations and partnerships often thrive under change and urgency,...
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC’s) Well-Being Learning Project highlights how employee health is the result of a symbiotic relationship between employees and their company in which...
Born under the pressure of skyrocketing healthcare spending, employer activism enables employers to take control of their companies’ healthcare spending, in a way that could both strengthen and...
CMS will allow states to expand their wellness programs for the individual marketplace either through state-run or payer-designed programs, CMS announced.
The goal of the demonstration is two-fold,...
UPMC Health Plan’s new diabetes wellness program targets Medicare Advantage members with diabetes or at-risk of diabetes to help drive chronic care management at an affordable cost, the health...
Twice as many employers are offering workplace financial wellness programs in 2019 than in 2018, yet financial and health literacy still leave something to be desired, revealed a Bank of America...
In the face of uncertain data regarding wellness programs’ efficacy and employees’ utilization, employers are revolutionizing their approach to employee wellness programs with an increased...
Members highly engaged in Humana’s long-term wellness program, Go365, spent on average $116 less per member per month in healthcare costs than low-engaged participants, a five-year study...
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed an executive order requiring the state to offer health and wellness programs to state employees.
The goal is to help employees achieve work-life balance and...
CVS Health has announced new efforts to address social determinants of health in key areas, including within the community, workplace, and housing.
CVS Health has partnered with Unite Us to confront...
Blue Cross Blue Shield Michigan (BCBSM) is revolutionizing the way they promote wellness among their employer-sponsored health plan members through their virtual wellness program, according to Cindy...
Nearly one in three employees want their employers to provide increased financial health support, and more demand additional mental health support, said a report by the National Business Group on...
Blue Shield California (BSC) recently announced its new platform Wellvolution and in doing so it emphasized payers’ movement away from solely brick-and-mortar wellness programs to...
Integrating financial rewards and social activities into wellness programs will make them more attractive to participants, ultimately improving beneficiary engagement, according to a recent survey from...
Large employers across the country are expected to spend an average of $3.6 million on wellness programs in 2019 to support a healthier and more productive workforce, according to a survey from...
Short-term wellness programs prove useful in promoting positive health behaviors among employees, but these programs are failing to have a positive effect on healthcare costs, according to a study...
Seventy percent of employers are either currently addressing or plan to address behavioral health over the next few years, according to a recent survey from Willis Towers Watson, but many of these...
