Ingrid Case

• Exchange or die

  By Ingrid Case  |  March 1, 2013

  Health insurance exchanges are now a sure thing—but what they’ll mean to the benefits industry is far from certain

• Putting the spotlight on exchanges

  By Ingrid Case  |  February 20, 2013

  Health insurance exchanges are now a sure thing—but what they’ll mean to the benefits industry is far from certain.

• Skip the middle man

  By Ingrid Case  |  October 1, 2012

  West Coast companies and their workers are trying a new benefit: direct primary care

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  Concierge care for the masses

  By Ingrid Case  |  August 31, 2012

  Under a traditional health care benefit plan, a patient tells the doctor what’s wrong. Then the patient, insurance company, or self-funded employer pays the doctor for each of the things she does in trying to fix it.

• Got dependents? Prove it.

  By Ingrid Case  |  August 1, 2012

  It’s time for the employees of Rutland Regional Medical Center to put their paperwork where their hearts are.

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  Got dependents? Prove it

  By Ingrid Case  |  July 18, 2012

  Employees are rummaging through files in search of the paperwork companies demand in dependent eligibility audits.

• Escalating costs, tough decisions

  By Ingrid Case  |  July 2, 2012

  Enrollment trends point to more ways employers can manage ever-rising health care costs.

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  What's the common theme in enrollment this year?

  By Ingrid Case  |  June 4, 2012

  Firms are paying for less health care on workers’ behalf. That’s the major enrollment theme of 2012, a continuation of trends that the industry has seen for multiple years.

• Are carriers doomed?

  By Ingrid Case  |  May 1, 2012

  The mainstream media predicts ACOs will kill health insurance. Others aren’t so sure.

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  Are health insurance companies doomed?

  By Ingrid Case  |  April 2, 2012

  A New York Times piece says ACOs will kill health insurance, but other industry participants aren’t so sure.