Consumer Driven Health Care

Large employers are expanding the reach of workplace health programs and including other aspects of wellness.

Gaining insight into the expanding role of PAs can help benefit leaders and managers know how PAs are expanding access to high-quality care, controlling costs and working collaboratively with physicians to help improve health outcomes.

Without a real understanding of the voluntary plans and how the plans can help them and their families, many employees will bypass the plans and participation will suffer.

But many health plans are not maximizing their potential by proactively marketing their offerings to consumers and most are falling short when it comes to successfully addressing provider integration and access to care for their members.

Morningstar reviewed the 10 largest providers of HSAs, finding excellence as well as 'room for improvement' in the industry.

The current political environment in Washington, D.C. has caused new uncertainty in the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, prompting some insurers to factor this into their double-digit premium increases on exchange plans for the coming year, according to a report released today by the Kaiser Foundation.