Rising Healthcare Costs: What Employers Are Doing to Manage Expenses, Per Mercer
To deal with rising costs, employers are leveraging high performance networks, variable copay plans and exclusive provider organization plans.
A National Nursing Surplus Is Predicted by 2028, But There Will Still Be Shortages in Some States. What Can Providers There Do?
A new Mercer report predicts there will be a national surplus of about 30,000 nurses by 2028. Though an overall surplus is projected nationally, there will still be significant shortages of nursing labor in a handful of states, as well as most of the country’s rural areas. To solve this issue, providers need to recruit from wider labor pools, minimize nurses’ nonclinical tasks and prioritize creating a more supportive work environment.
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The Top 5 Home Care Franchise Opportunities in the U.S.
The home care industry is booming. As Baby Boomers age and more families seek in-home solutions for loved ones, demand for home care services is at an all-time high.
Mercer Exec: Employers Are Extremely Concerned About Cost
Cancer and pharmacy services are driving up costs for employers. One Mercer exec recently laid out several recommendations for employers to manage these costs.
Mercer: Cost of Health Benefits To Jump 5.4% in 2024
Employers expect health benefit costs to increase 5.4% per employee on average in 2024, new data from Mercer shows. This is due to inflationary pressures and health system consolidation.
How Employers’ Investment in Health Benefits Has Transformed Over Time
Point solutions for areas like behavioral health, family planning and more have risen in popularity in recent years, experts said. But as employers deal with point solution fatigue, healthcare navigation companies are proving beneficial.
Mercer: Employers Expect Health Benefit Costs to Rise 5.4% in 2023
Health benefit costs increased 3.2% in 2022, but employers are expecting costs to jump even higher in 2023, a Mercer report showed. Employers' top priorities right now are providing benefits that attract and retain employees and boosting mental health support.
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Why Workflow Chaos Is Undermining Care – and What Providers Can Do About It.
Healthcare is drowning in chaos—from scattered data to burnout-inducing tasks. Discover how smarter workflows and real-time insights can rescue care teams and transform patient outcomes.
Cell and Gene Therapies Push Payers to New Strategies to Assess Outcomes
Cell and gene therapies are offering patients potentially curative treatments for a growing scope of diseases. Insurance companies are trying to figure out how to pay for them. Industry consultants speaking at the HLTH conference offered some strategies they see payers taking to these new therapies.
How are employers and providers collaborating in the new surgery health and care experience?
Surgery management has emerged as a key area where employers are collaborating with providers through companies like Transcarent to provide more informed guidance on surgery care delivery options for the best patient outcomes and experience.
Cancer care poses challenges for employers; Transcarent shares vision for how it can help
As they seek to support their staff, self-insured employers are turning to innovative programs to balance evidence-based programs with the need to manage healthcare costs.
More large companies opening on-site clinics for employees
According to a 2017 employer survey, a third of companies with more than 5,000 employees now offer general medical clinics at their work sites.
What Are Healthcare Organizations Getting Wrong about Email Security?
A new report by Paubox calls for healthcare IT leaders to dispose of outdated assumptions about email security and address the challenges of evolving cybersecurity threats.
Medica ad campaign shows attitude, other health insurers could follow
Medica, one of the largest healthcare insurers operating in Minnesota, is showing some attitude with a new marketing campaign in the Twin Cities. Billboards, bus stop and skyway signs show a lesbian couple holding hands, an ear with a huge stud earring, a baby holding a toy block, and a woman with a little girl lying on a blanket. The message is that Medica has "plans that fit your life."