Consumer Driven Health Care

The Employee Benefits Survey from SHRM says while 30 percent of organizations now provide more paid maternity leave, just 75 percent of employers offer contraceptive coverage, while in 2013, 82 percent did.

Three recent polls take stock of health care reform and the Senate efforts to repeal Obamacare.

In what is described as a nationwide sweep with hundreds of arrests being carried out across the U.S., the Justice Department is cracking down on fraudulent claims made to some of the nations biggest insurers.

Republican leaders are now planning to retain the ACA's 3.8 percent tax on net investment income for people who earn more than $200,000 and couples with incomes over $250,000, as well as a 0.9 percent Medicare surtax on the same incomes.

Seventy-three percent of the respondents say emergency services are very important, but it's unclear if the Senate health bill will mandate essential health benefits in its final draft.

Bright Health is preparing to offer Medicare Advantage plans in three markets next year in close collaboration with local health systems: Birmingham, Alabama; Phoenix, Arizona; and the Denver-Boulder area of Colorado.

Understanding the complex web of laws governing wellness programs is essential to designing and administering an effective wellness program.

While reforms cut prices for existing drug products in all post-reform states, in some states physicians prices went the other way, rising for a number of drugs that are often used in the treatment of injured workers.