Share Your Insights on the Changing Healthcare Landscape
Do you advise self-insured employers? Your insights will offer leading, innovative points of view that can guide employers and peers. Join us for this year's survey!
4 Funding Announcements Made By Payer/Employer Health Tech Startups in March
Here is a list of some of the biggest funding rounds in the payer/employer space that were announced this month.
The Impact Brands: Empowering Wellness Through Natural and Holistic Solutions
In an era of escalating healthcare costs and a growing preference for natural, holistic approaches to health, The Impact Brands emerges as a collective of diverse brands dedicated to supporting overall wellness through natural means.
In the Era of Value-Based Care, How Are Employer-Provided Health Benefits Evolving?
At the MedCity INVEST conference, scheduled for May 21-22 at the Ritz Carlton in Chicago, health benefits in the context of value-based care will be one of several topics of discussion at the boutique healthcare investment event. Register today!
We Need Your Self-Insured Employer Health Benefits Insights for Our Annual Survey
Do you advise self-insured employers? The 2023 Benefit Consultant Sentiment INDEX offered robust insights and cast a spotlight on the evolving roles of employers as they navigate the changing healthcare landscape. Your insights offer leading, innovative points of view that can guide employers and peers. Join us for this year's survey!
Here Are 8 Trends for Large Employers
A new Business Group on Health survey revealed several key trends for large, self-insured employers. These trends show a rising prevalence of mental health challenges and a decreasing emphasis on virtual health.
Survey: Competition for Talent Is the Top Factor Influencing Employers’ Benefits Strategy
When asked what the key issues influencing benefits strategy are, 80% of employers said competition for talent, 67% said rising costs, 41% said a focus on inclusion and diversity and 39% said increasing mental health problems, according to a recent Willis Towers Watson survey.
When Investment Rhymes with Canada
Canada has a proud history of achievement in the areas of science and technology, and the field of biomanufacturing and life sciences is no exception.
Survey: Employers Aren’t Doing Enough To Support Employees’ Mental Health
A Northeast Business Group on Health survey, published Monday, found that 26% of employers never identify the needs of employees, nor the “awareness and effectiveness” of their mental health programs. About three in ten respondents don’t have messaging campaigns through social media and internal platforms on mental health.
Transcarent, ViewFi Partner To Bring Orthopedic Consult Solution to Patients
ViewFi will power Transcarent’s orthopedic consult solution, which will be part of Transcarent’s surgery care services. Through Transcarent’s app, patients will be able to have a virtual diagnostic consultation with an orthopedic provider in less than two days.
How Employers Can Get Started in the Food as Medicine Movement
Employers have a responsibility to support the food as medicine movement and help employees who are food insecure, said Jay Bhatt, managing director of Deloitte Services and managing director of the Center for Health Solutions and Health Equity Institute. He made these comments last week at the MedCity INVEST conference in Chicago.
Found Launches Employer-focused Obesity Care Program
Found for Business is an evidence-based obesity care program that prescribes 13 different medications (including GLP-1s) in 60 different combinations. It combines the medication with support from providers, coaching and an app that offers meal and activity tracking.
At ViVE 2024, Panelists Share Prior Authorization Progress and Frustration in Payer Insights Program
At the Payer Insights sessions on Day 1 of ViVE 2024, a panel on prior authorization offered compelling insights from speakers who shared the positive developments in this area after years of mounting frustration. Speakers also shared challenges as they work with providers to figure out how policy developments and technology will work in practice.
Despite Economic Pressures, 90% of Employers Will Continue Wellbeing Programs, Survey Shows
Most employers are looking to maintain their investments in wellbeing programs, according to a survey from Fidelity Investments and the Business Group on Health. However, some areas of wellbeing will be emphasized more than others.
Amino Health Secures $80M for Navigation Platform
Amino Health's $80 million in financing was led by Transformation Capital and Oxford Finance. With the funding, the company hopes to reach and engage more members and grow its partnerships with employers and third party administrators.
How One Healthcare Exec Wants Employers To Tackle Obesity
Employers should be looking at obesity as a chronic condition and focus on weight management solutions over weight loss solutions, said Parin Chikani, medical account director for managed markets at Novo Nordisk. He made these comments Tuesday at the Midwest Business Group on Health conference in Chicago.
How Blue Cross NC Is Using Its Hybrid Work Model to Battle Food Insecurity
Due to fewer employees working onsite, Blue Cross NC’s cafeteria is seeing less activity. The payer has decided to use its cafeteria to prepare meals and then distribute them to more than a dozen nonprofits, which then provide the meals to those in need in their communities.
Report: 88% Of Employers Are Planning Changes to Health Vendor Partnerships
Employers are most interested in switching up their vendor partners for wellbeing programs, the Willis Towers Watson survey found. About 55% of respondents said they will make changes to their wellbeing vendor partners in 2023 or 2024, while 12% already did in 2022.