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Employers grapple with rising health care costs and fiduciary concerns

By Alan Goforth

Various pieces of health care transparency legislation have identified areas requiring employers to meet their fiduciary responsibilities, such as designing an evaluation process for selecting vendors to deploy their health and welfare benefits strategy.

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'Help U.S. Retire': Industry trade group launches grassroots campaign to put Congress on alert

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New survey reveals employee attitudes on pay transparency and equity

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January 17, 2025

Employers still skimp on mental health benefits, regulators say

At one large self-funded plan, provider shortages pushed more than 37% of the patients to get their behavioral health care out-of-network.

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January 17, 2025

MultiPlan responds to lawsuits, says providers want to increase health care prices

The company uses public data sets, not secret information, to create out-of-network reimbursement recommendations, according to a new court filing.

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January 17, 2025

Nearly 60% of employees identify with a disability, but fear disclosure

Younger workers are experiencing a gap in accommodations.

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January 17, 2025

Two-thirds of workers haunted by career regrets

Top career regrets include not asking for a pay increase (6%), not prioritizing work-life balance (59%), staying at a job too long (58%) and not negotiating salary when taking a job (58%).

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January 17, 2025

Charles Schwab & 11 other firms fined $63M by SEC, in 'off-channel' texting crackdown

In the latest Securities and Exchange Commission off-channel communications sweep, 12 firms will pay hefty fines because they used unapproved communication methods, such as WhatsApp, and failed to properly keep records.

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January 17, 2025

Ozempic among 15 drugs selected for Medicare drug price talks, Round 2, with Big Pharma

Medicare has announced 15 new drugs up for price negotiations, set to begin in the next several months with top drugmakers, including Pfizer, Novo Nordisk and GlaxoSmithKline.

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January 16, 2025

UnitedHealth's PBM will pass 100% of rebates on to clients: Will more big PBMs follow?

Andrew Witty, UnitedHealth CEO, said the move will remove an excuse other players use to blame Optum Rx for high drug costs.

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Employers grapple with rising health care costs and fiduciary concerns

'Help U.S. Retire': Industry trade group launches grassroots campaign to put Congress on alert

New survey reveals employee attitudes on pay transparency and equity

Recommended Just For You

News Stories

Employers still skimp on mental health benefits, regulators say

MultiPlan responds to lawsuits, says providers want to increase health care prices

Nearly 60% of employees identify with a disability, but fear disclosure

Two-thirds of workers haunted by career regrets

Charles Schwab & 11 other firms fined $63M by SEC, in 'off-channel' texting crackdown

Ozempic among 15 drugs selected for Medicare drug price talks, Round 2, with Big Pharma

UnitedHealth's PBM will pass 100% of rebates on to clients: Will more big PBMs follow?