Unreasonable prices have gradually become accepted as an ordinary, if unpleasant, part of company healthcare expenditures. In turn, these bloated charges contribute to the escalation of overall healthcare costs nationwide. This blog post defines cost containment strategies and provides examples detailing how they can benefit you and your employees. The Price Is Wrong If an […]
For many companies, the alarming rise of employer-sponsored healthcare prices has had a detrimental effect on their bottom lines and has also limited employees’ access to quality care. The relationship between the quality and cost of healthcare can be deeply complex, and sometimes reducing corporate costs results in lower quality employee healthcare. For example, when […]
How does medical reimbursement work? This blog answers that question while also providing some handy ways to save on healthcare spend.
Learn how traditional and self-insured plans differ, and why so many employers are switching to self-insured plans for healthcare cost management.
Weighing the pros and cons of reference-based pricing reveals easily mitigated potential pitfalls and benefits that overpower any shortcomings.
It’s true that healthcare is a complicated process. In fact, 62% of Americans feel as if the healthcare system is designed to be confusing. In contrast to typical payment methods in other industries for consumer services, healthcare has the dubious distinction of using at least one additional layer of service before consumers know who or […]
Proposed Rulemaking to Strengthen HIPAA Security and Cybersecurity Protections
Cost ContainmentThe Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), which administers and enforces the HIPAA Security Rule (“Security Rule”), recently issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to strengthen cybersecurity protections for electronic protected health information (ePHI). The proposed rule introduces several new requirements and clarifications that will have […]