Health Care Reform

Although employers choose the plans in order to negotiate lower health care prices, they generally lack market power to do so effectively, so they need to critically assess whether it will help their bottom line, says a new study.

The escalating warfare over pricing, which stems from hospital price transparency regulations that have allowed hospitals to compare reimbursement rates with one another, can leave patients without continuity of coverage.

The National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions, which represents large employers that purchase health coverage, identifies and debunks top hospital inaccuracies around high, rapidly rising, prices, in a new report.

Over the last two years, a compliance tidal wave has loomed over employers and their benefit advisors. The crest of this massive wave has begun to touch down upon fiduciaries of employer groups, so how can benefit advisors stay dry?

President Biden's new executive order, which includes $200 million for research at the National Institutes of Health, directs federal agencies to explore ways to develop new resources to guide women on prevention and treatment.

With increased government scrutiny on telehealth and potential changes to COVID-era telehealth flexibilities on the horizon, it is critical that companies keep apprised of telehealth compliance regulations through 2024 and beyond.