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44% Of Employees Don’t Know Value of Health Plan Benefits
By: Thomas BeatonNovember 13, 2017 - Employers must increase their efforts to educate members about the value of their health plan benefits based on recent findings that only 44 percent of employees fully comprehend their benefits. That...
Control Your Company’s Healthcare Costs With a Self-Funded Program
By Michael Schroeder January 2, 2018New Year’s resolutions often focus on areas of self- improvement. Whether weight loss, generosity or religious commitment, one’s New Year’s goals look to improve how we are living our daily lives. How do these...
Gauging the Risk & Rewards of a Benefits Captive Plan
Since the Affordable Care Act was implemented in 2011, small and mid-size employers have been trying to find creative ways to contain costs, sidestep certain ACA requirements and take control of their employee benefits. For many, the solution is...
Growing Gap Between What Insurers and Medicare Spend on Hospital Stays
By Jack Craver | January 13, 2020 at 10:56 AM A new analysis takes a look at the difference between what private health plans and Medicare pay for hospital stays. The analysis, published by Thomas M. Selden in Health Affairs, examines the cost of...