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.
New federal regulatory guidance on the 2010 health care reform law eliminates uncertainties about how employers can pair a popular health care funding approach with one of the hottest benefits trends: having employees obtain coverage via private health insurance exchanges.
Mark Cuban, the founder of Cost Plus Drug Co., remains committed to disrupting the U.S. health care system to make it more affordable for consumers.
People enrolled in Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace plans had access to 40% of their local physicians in-network on average, according to a new analysis from KFF. Just 4% of people with marketplace coverage were enrolled in plans that included more than three-quarters of local doctors in-network, according to the study. By comparison, 23% of people were ...
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have a rare point of agreement in their otherwise bitter and divisive contest: It's up to the government to cut high U.S. drug prices.
For more than a decade, independent pharmacist Jay Patel has built a close and enduring relationship with his customers, who come to him for help in sickness and in health. But now there are interlopers: Drug middlemen, companies known as pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) that influence which medicines can be bought, where to buy them ...
Employees at companies with less than 75 employees rated their happiness 47% higher than those with 76+ employees.
Both health care spending and utilization have changed significantly since before the pandemic, the new Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker found.
Pharmacy, cancer and musculoskeletal conditions remain the top drivers of increased healthcare costs for employers, but cardiovascular conditions are on the rise as well, a Business Group on Health report found.
The California Legislature is in its (sometimes) frantic final week, racing to pass bills by the Saturday deadline. Monday, lawmakers pulled some last-minute maneuvering to extend the time allowed for floor amendments.
Nearly 86% of respondents indicated that they were either satisfied, or very satisfied with their insurance broker's services.