As Health Costs Hit Record Highs, Brokers Face a Structural Test
This is forcing brokers to rethink how they serve clients and how their businesses continue to grow without sacrificing service.
How TEFCA Is Speeding Up Disability Benefits Determinations at Hospitals
The Social Security Administration’s move onto the TEFCA interoperability framework is beginning to streamline disability determinations by enabling faster exchange of medical records from hospitals. Dr. David Kaelber, chief health informatics officer at MetroHealth System in Ohio, said the shift is replacing a months-long, fax-driven process with near real-time data sharing.
Beyond Analytics: How Sellers Dorsey is Hard-Coding Value into Medicaid Policy [Video]
How to turn analytics into actual policy outcomes.
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Pivot Podcast: How AI Is Reshaping Care Navigation and Patient Outcomes with Shannon Skaggs
The impact AI is having on the healthcare experience.
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Turning AI Insights into Meaningful Action: The Future of Healthcare Navigation
The confluence of AI and predictive analytics is rapidly transforming healthcare and benefits management, shifting the focus from reactive automation to proactive anticipation.
The Case for Patient Transportation Coverage for Health Plans
While health plans may consider the additional costs, long-term savings from reduced complications and hospital admissions can offset these expenses. Not only that, but transportation benefits can reduce health disparities and improve patient and caregiver lives.
How Employers Can Leverage Value-Based Care to Drive Retention and Improved Health Outcomes for Employees
For employers to offer effective, accessible and affordable value-based care for their employees, they must address these four components.
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Survey on the Healthcare Financial Landscape Offers a Roadmap for Stakeholders
Zelis highlights how employers, payers, and consumers are integrating digital tools to manage healthcare costs.
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5 Major Trends Emerging in Healthcare Benefits in 2025
Employees who enjoy their benefits are more inclined to stay with their company. A 2025 Marsh McLennan Agency report said 73% of employees would remain if plan options were better.
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Ardent Health Opts for New Employee Benefits and Employee Experience with Quantum Health and Imagine360
Quantum Health CEO Zane Burke and Imagine360 CEO Jeff Bak highlighted the significance of the partnership, what it means for their respective businesses, and the industry at large, in response to emailed questions.
Who Spearheads Employee Retention Strategies At AdventHealth? Get This — The Employees
Last month at a conference, AdventHealth CEO Terry Shaw shared some employee retention strategies used at his health system. He stressed the importance of gathering employee feedback and using it to give them the changes they need. This month, MedCity News followed up with AdventHealth to get a better picture of what these strategies look like in practice.
Gympass Adds Headspace Health To Wellbeing Platform for Employers
Headspace Health's mindfulness services will now be offered on Gympass' platform. The company has a network of more than 50,000 gyms, classes, trainers and wellbeing apps that it offers to more than 10,000 companies.
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Inside an Automated Healthcare Practice: Redesigning Care Around People, Not Paperwork
By reducing administrative burden and redesigning workflows around human needs, it creates space for what matters most: connection between clinicians and patients.
KFF: Many Women Don’t Receive Paid Parental Leave Benefit From Employers
Fewer than half of female workers receive a paid parental leave benefit from their employer, including maternity leave (43%) and family and medical leave to care for a sick family member (44%), according to KFF.
What 3 Employers Have Done To Ensure a Healthier, More Inclusive Workplace
Caregiver services and benefits specific to LGBTQ+ populations are some ways employers can support their employees. Executives shared these ideas on a panel at the HLTH conference in Las Vegas.
Uber Health Dips Into the Employer Space
Historically having worked with Medicaid and Medicare Advantage populations, Uber Health is now expanding its services to self-insured employers. The company made the announcement at the HLTH conference in Las Vegas.
Mental health is a top priority for employers. What are their strategies?
The top strategies to support mental health issues are offering coverage for telebehavioral health services, providing onsite or virtual employee assistance programs and providing access to digital behavioral health support, a survey of 455 employers found.
What Alignment Healthcare is doing in preparation for Medicare open enrollment
The insurer is expanding its offerings for its $0-premium Preferred Provider Organization plans and special needs plans for dually eligible beneficiaries. Alignment is adding 14 counties to its footprint, bringing its reach to 8.3 million Medicare-eligible adults in 52 markets.