Consumer Driven Health Care

Plan sponsors, their members, and benefits advisors were given new resources and options for 2023 benefits planning with Congress's passage of the omnibus spending bill in late December.

Companies and researchers eager to find medical applications for smartphone technology are tapping into modern phones' built-in cameras and light sensors; microphones; accelerometers; gyroscopes; and even speakers.

By embracing new opportunities, employers have the ability to improve outcomes, reduce costs and level the playing field.

Challenging conditions will accelerate innovation and investment in the member experience.

Unemployment is forecasted to increase to 4.4% in 2023 as employers work to balance budgets and remain profitable in the year ahead.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois discriminated against transgender individuals by denying coverage for medically necessary gender-affirming care in its administration of employer-provided ERISA health plans.