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2021 Health Care Survey: A post-pandemic model takes shape
Our annual Health Care Survey offers a glimpse of the emerging long-term impacts on health care and benefits delivery.
Researchers: Chargemaster prices 'riddled with data issues' and 'unapproachable for patients.'
The average national premium in 2021 is $443 per month. How does your state compare?
Proposals would lengthen the annual open enrollment period; create a new special enrollment period; and expand the duties of navigators.
In recent months, the industry has seen six megadeals valued at $5 billion or more.
Here are a few steps that HR and benefit leaders can take to provide wider health care access for LGBTQ+ employees.
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Navigating today's benefits compliance landscape
The multitude of compliance obligations facing employer-sponsored health plans can be characterized as intimidating, at best.
One of the many components of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 is the "No Surprises Act." This section of the new law does not directly address COVID-19 economic relief, but instead gets at a longstanding health policy concern, the issue of "surprise" balance billing.
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Digitalizing benefits packages creates a world of opportunity
The pandemic has sparked a storm of digital health apps, platforms, services and new products.
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