Each year, a new record for outpatient and inpatient surgeries is set. And employers feel the pain, in the form of costs being passed along in premium hikes.
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It’s become increasingly common for even smaller employers to explore self-insurance as a way to bring health costs back under control. But beware of hidden traps.
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Many wellness programs do a good job at dealing with — and controlling the long-term costs of — lifestyle-related health problems.
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Looking for incentives to get overweight employees to buy into a wellness program?
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Can you trust your employees to become savvy to both the cost and quality of their care?
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Even in the era of consumer-driven healthcare, many employees fail to see the relationship between their health costs and salaries.
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In the last few years, there’s been a rising trend for public employers – not just private companies – to ban smoking. Where does your organization stand?
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Oil companies have nothing on hospitals when it comes to price gouging. Here’s how you’re being ripped off.
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Think you’ve turned every stone for ways to make health costs more manageable — without cutting benefits or waiting for a wellness program to work? Here are some overlooked areas where you can still find savings.
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When it comes to health savings accounts, you have to separate the hype from the reality. One of the big myths: a high-deductible plan with an HSA means lower premiums.
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