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30 disruptive healthcare companies to watch
Healthcare is ripe with opportunity for investors and entrepreneurs. Mobile health, sophisticated consumer expectations, data transparency and preference for on-demand services at a flat fee have ushered in a class of companies that resist the status quo.
Read More2016 Employee Benefits: Looking Back at 20 Years of Employee Benefits Offerings in the U.S.
Read the full article at: www.shrm.org 62% of employees rated health care/medical benefits as “very important” to their job satisfaction. A broker can help you better understand your options and find plans that fit your business.
Read MoreEmployers Still Overwhelmed by Health Care Costs
There was no big surprise in most of the key findings of a recent statewide business survey on employer health benefits: The cost of providing employee health insurance continues to be the main concern.
Read MorePPOs still No. 1, but high-deductible health plans a close second | Business Insurance
Read the full article at: www.businessinsurance.com Whatever the health plan type, deductibles are on the rise. One-third of employees at midsize companies opt for high-deductible health plans over traditional coverage. However PPOs and HMOs remain dominant at midsize employers.
Read More5 Employee Benefit Trends to Watch in 2016
Employers are beefing up wellness programs and making retirement administration fees more visible.
Read More5 ways employers can keep benefit plans simple – Sacramento Business Journal
Major shifts in the health payer industry have changed the way health plans do business and the plan options available to small and large group employers. Fortunately, there are several ways for employers to keep the benefit selection process simple and easier to manage.
Read MoreDoctors Who Get Sued Are Likely to Get Sued Again
One percent of all doctors account for 32 percent of all paid malpractice claims.
Read MorePhysicians seek employed status to weather payment risks
Dr. Theodore Strange and his 60 physician colleagues at the University Physicians Group in New York City will soon be hospital-employed again. Across the country, physician groups are going through the same deliberate exercises that led Strange and partners to cast their lot with a bigger system.
Read MoreCatholic Health Initiatives to divest health plan operations
Hospital system Catholic Health Initiatives’ experiment with health insurance has hit the end of the road after a couple years of heavy losses. CHI is “exploring options to sell” its health plan subsidiary.
Read MoreHospitals still searching for system to accurately match patients to health records
Ensuring providers accurately match electronic health records with the right patient has emerged as a hot-button issue for the health information technology industry as its provider customers come under increasing pressure to freely share records with other providers.
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