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President Biden’s COVID Relief Plan Hints at Healthcare Priorities

President Biden’s COVID Relief Plan Hints at Healthcare Priorities President Biden just released an emergency legislative package that includes initiatives to make health insurance coverage mor...

The Benefits Tech Revolution: Where We’re Going

The Benefits Tech Revolution: Where We're Going In part one of this article, we focused on the state of benefits technology and the role of the broker. In part two, we look at the roadbloc...

Five Healthcare Trends to Watch in 2021

Five Healthcare Trends to Watch in 2021 The pandemic has accelerated dramatic changes in health care and well-being in 2020 and will continue to do so in 2021, according to the Business Group o...

Addressing the Nation’s Mental Health Crisis

Addressing the Nation’s Mental Health Crisis CEOs of the nation's 14 leading mental health advocacy organizations have created a roadmap to address America’s mental health crisis, which has wor...

The Benefits Tech Revolution: Where We Are Today

The Benefits Tech Revolution: Where We Are Today The adoption of benefits administration and enrollment technology has grown significantly in the past three years. The COVID-19 pandemic has lik...

Hospital and Physician Networks in US Insurance Markets

Hospital and Physician Networks in US Insurance Markets The Journal of the American Medical Assn. (JAMA) provided (to their knowledge) the first national snapshot of the size and exclusivity of...

Health Plan Offer Rates Hold Steady

Health Plan Offer Rates Hold Steady Fifty-six percent of employers offer health benefits, largely unchanged over the past five years, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Employer Hea...

Rising Drug Prices Fuel OOP Costs and Insurer Payments

Rising Drug Prices Fuel OOP Costs and Insurer Payments Drug list prices have more than doubled over a 7-year period, outpacing increases in income or general inflation, according to a study pub...

Private Health Insurance to Cover The COVID-19 Vaccine

Private Health Insurance to Cover The COVID-19 Vaccine Under the Affordable Care Act, most Americans with private insurance should be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine for free, according to a re...

California Offers COVID-19 Exposure Alert App

California Offers COVID-19 Exposure Alert App The state of California launched a smartphone tracing app that notifies people when they come in close contact with someone who tested positive for...

California Offers COVID-19 Exposure Alert App

California Offers COVID-19 Exposure Alert App The state of California launched a smartphone tracing app that notifies people when they come in close contact with someone who tested positive for...

Telehealth Claim Lines Rise Skyrocket

Telehealth Claim Lines Rise Skyrocket Telehealth claim lines increased 2980% nationally from 0.16% of medical claim lines in September 2019 to 5.07% in September 2020, according to FAIR Health’...