Industry Updates
This broad category includes articles concerning health insurance costs, carrier and health plan news, changing benefits technology, and surveys by the Kaiser Family Foundation and others on employee benefits.
When companies focus on the wellbeing of their employees, the benefits can be far-reaching. A recent study by Gallagher examined current and emerging trends to help employers optimize their investments in the wellbeing of their organization as a whole. As in previous years, employee retention remains a top priority. According to the study, employers are feeling ...
Amazon has reorganized its medical services options. The company combined its Amazon Clinic telehealth service with its Amazon One Medical office network. Consumers with no Amazon membership or subscription can get telehealth urgent care for one of the 30 different conditions, including sore throats, COVID and urinary tract infections, for $49. The company has renamed ...
Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care and Blue Shield of California went out of network on June 29 in Santa Clara and Alameda counties. Hospitals affected include Stanford Health Care Medical Center, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto and Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley in Pleasanton. “While we are disappointed we have not reached an agreement at ...
The US Supreme Court has again overturned longstanding precedent, this time getting rid of a 40-year- old standard for decision making that required federal courts to defer to reasonable agency decisions where federal law is silent or unclear.
Recent Supreme Court decisions curbing the power of federal agencies will hobble government efforts to protect public health, legal experts warn. The rulings will make it harder for some federal agencies to bring enforcement actions.
As Americans tuned into the presidential debate last Thursday, critical issues like Social Security and Medicare came up. These programs act as lifelines for millions of Americans, especially seniors who have historically been a strong voting block.
In your work with employers, it’s important to discuss the substantial tax advantages available to businesses when they offer health insurance benefits to employees. Not only can these benefits help attract and retain top talent, but they also provide significant financial incentives.
Paying more for less is a recurring theme for Americans these past few years, and it’s even true in health care, a new study shows. Health insurers are covering fewer drugs, putting more restrictions on their drug coverage, but still raising costs for consumers, prescription drug comparison site GoodRx found after reviewing more than 3,700 Medicare Part ...
After the Supreme Court struck down a controversial bankruptcy plan from Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, those who sued the drug company were left uncertain about when promised funds would be available to combat addiction and other damage from the ongoing drug epidemic. The ruling upended a carefully-crafted settlement worth roughly $8 billion, and involving the Sackler family, ...
Los Angeles County supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to buy up and forgive millions of dollars in medical debt as part of a comprehensive plan to tackle a $2.9 billion burden that weighs on almost 800,000 residents. The measure, authored by supervisors Janice Hahn and Holly Mitchell, allows the county to enter into a pilot program with Undue Medical Debt, ...