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By evaluating fit and asking the right questions to properly implement a narrow network plan, your organization can contain costs while offering your employees and their families the health care they need.
"Hospitals have full discretion to set their chargemaster prices, which, on average, are more than four times the actual cost of care delivery," the Health Affairs study says.
The article argues that, given the federal government's endorsement of RBP and its proven efficacy in reducing employer costs and expanding participant options, it is now virtually impossible for a plan fiduciary to lawfully discharge their duties in accordance with ERISA without at least considering the implementation of RBP.
These three women in our industry that I recently met are turning good into great every single day. Their lives have shifted along the way and what they set out to do career-wise has grown and evolved along with them.
Lawmakers should take "bold steps" to strengthen employer plans, reduce costs, promote telehealth and combat the mental health crisis, wrote the American Benefits Council in a letter.
Our readers share what type of approaches and strategies are making a difference when it comes to when it comes to speaking out about problems in health care and benefits, as well as the challenges of this public approach.