Cost-Containment

To help workers navigate the complicated health care system, more employers are turning to outside clinical advocacy firms.

Welcome to the world of employee benefits, 2020 style, where employers are struggling to bring benefits costs under control.

The health care industry could cut spending by 33 percent by moving to fully electronic processes.

The high cost of treatments leaves low-income consumers unable to afford it, and even those who can feel the financial toll.

Among the most common outpatient procedures, prices can vary as much as 297 percent between the highest and lowest cost.

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and 18 of its member organizations have pledged $55 million in partnership agreement.