Just over 4 in 10 U.S. workers are extremely or very satisfied with their benefits packages, the 2024 EBRI/Greenwald Research Workplace Wellness Survey found. This percentage is in line with previous years of the survey. Health insurance is most often mentioned as a top benefit when deciding whether to stay at a current job or leave (72%), ...

At least three major insurers are eliminating broker commissions for some Medicare Advantage plans. According to documents shared with Becker’s, Elevance Health will eliminate commission payments beginning Nov. 1 for new enrollees in some Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in 15 states. The company will still pay commissions to brokers for renewing existing members. Aetna will eliminate commissions ...

In a bid to ease access challenges, CVS Health will offer in-network primary care to Aetna members in certain markets through its MinuteClinics. The services are available to certain individual plan and commercial members in Houston, San Antonio and greater Atlanta, with an eye on future expansion. There are about 1,100 MinuteClinics across the country, ...

With the presidential election just hours away, many Americans are feeling uncertain and anxious — but for many, the mental health impacts have been felt for weeks or even months. A recent national survey by AMFM, a residential mental health treatment system based in California, analyzed the anxiety levels of 2,000 Americans during an election year. Nearly 22% ...

Will any legislation surrounding prior authorization, price transparency or individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements (ICHRAs), for example, make it in an end-of-year package? Movement on new electronic prior auth standards may be possible, we learned.

With Open Enrollment for health insurance beginning on November 1st, Nevada consumers can choose from up to 185 plans in the individual health insurance market on and off the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange