California Offers COVID-19 Exposure Alert App
The state of California launched a smartphone tracing app that notifies people when they come in close contact with someone who tested positive for...
Telehealth Claim Lines Rise Skyrocket
Telehealth claim lines increased 2980% nationally from 0.16% of medical claim lines in September 2019 to 5.07% in September 2020, according to FAIR Health’...
How AI Could Transform Health Insurance
Artificial intelligence (AI) could transform the health system in the US, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). AI-powered...
1 in 3 Workers Plans to Boost Benefits During Open Enrollment
During this open enrollment season, many workers are planning to choose new insurance benefits and increase their coverage due t...
Controlling Health Care Spending with Coinsurance
Moving from copayments to coinsurance for specialist office visits could provide a viable alternative to saving healthcare costs, according to...
Employers Explore Cost-Saving Benefit Strategies
Employers are looking at a variety of strategies to control health care costs according to a study by Gallagher.
Novel Approaches
Some nov...
The Growing Demand for Voluntary Benefits
In 2020, 45% of employers enhanced their voluntary benefits including healthcare and non-healthcare. That’s a 5-point increase over the previous year,...
How COVID-19 Is Affecting Open Enrollment This Year
A LIMRA study reveals how some employers are re-examining employee benefits due to COVID-19. More employers are looking into online enro...
Confusion Leads to Bad Health Plan Choices
Almost a quarter of employees faced with the choice of two employer-sponsored health care plans picked the one that left them worse off financiall...
Does Meeting the Deductible Drive Low-Value Health Care Services?
A study by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) reveals that members who met their plan deductible were 83% more like...
Employers Eye New Health Delivery Approaches
In the next three years, 73% of employers plan to roll out new health delivery models, according to a survey by Willis Towers Watson. From August 11...
Most Employers Say They Won’t Cut Medical Benefits in 2021
Only 18% of employers say they’ll shift more healthcare expenses to employees in 2021, such as adopting higher deductibles or copays, acco...