Consumer Driven Health Care

According to CDC research, from 2005-2014, cancers associated with being overweight or obese rose 7 percent while those not associated with those conditions experienced a 13 percent drop.

Whats ahead for the benefits industry in 2018? There are several trends that will affect benefits professionals in the coming year.

Using data on more than 24 million Blue Cross Blue Shield members in 2015, Moody's Analytics determined the relationship between county-level factors and 10 major health conditions, and found three broad groupings.

Understanding the impact of diabetes on dental and vision health can help brokers and employers develop benefits strategies that support employee wellness and control health care costs.

Two states, Massachusetts and Arizona, have asked the federal government for permission to pick and choose which drugs they will cover for Medicaid beneficiaries.

As insurers wait to see the vote outcome on the Republican tax bill, and its provision for the repeal of the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act, theyre already trying to calculate the rate at which theyll have to raise premiums to keep themselves solvent