Tag: employer health benefits costs

"Our services have always met a fiduciary standard in principle and have enabled us to drive significant year-over-year savings for...

The 2018 Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO) Scorecard Progress Report also found offering targeted lifestyle management services and having a...

Transformation in health care delivery, focus on high-dollar claims and drug costs, and continued movement to account-based plans are among...

The first component of the initiative is a portal that will help employers focus on the metrics that are most...

Less-healthy enrollees are more likely to disenroll from the HSA-eligible health plans than healthier enrollees, according to an EBRI study.

More favorable claim experience and a reduction in provider reimbursement rates were cited by respondents to Buck's 37th National Health...

However, while 71% of employers see a positive impact on company health benefit costs from wellness programs, more than one-third...

More midsize and large employers are foregoing the short-term savings offered by cost-shifting and turning to strategies addressing care delivery...

“Employers can now identify opportunities to develop local provider strategies that improve quality and lower costs,” says Todor Penev, with...

Employers also plan to enhance their wellbeing programs and include initiatives that reduce the impact of chronic diseases on employees,...

Mercer projects that health benefit cost per employee will rise by 4.1% on average in 2019, down from 6.5% and...

Mercer’s Vitals for Change framework calls on employer health plan sponsors to demand more for their employees and their families...

More than half of employers (52%) believe virtual care will play a significant role in how health care is delivered...

Selecting the "wrong plan" may cause employees to pay more without getting more coverage or benefits in return,” HSA Bank...

“Employers can help workers most at risk better manage their care—and save an average $430 annually per employee,” Mercer says.

Also being considered is legislation for expanding benefits of HSAs.

A team of experts will review claim data and provide actionable insight into an employer's health care spend, with the...

Overall, approximately one-fifth of organizations have a restriction or other cost-saving measure in place for coverage of spouses and domestic...

Dave Chase, co-founder of Health Rosetta, says three questions address three big problems in health care: pricing failure, overtreatment and...

Case studies show how using pay-for-value strategies, improving quality of care efforts, personalized experiences and embracing disruption are providing cost...