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Key Business Trends in Health Care

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The Right Step - Important considerations in referenced-based pricing
A Crucial Step - It's important to encourage employees to receive preventive care
5 Ways You Can Help Your Employees' Mental Health - Life changes could be impacting your employees, and they may need help
Why Vaccines Matter - Because vaccination is so important, consider discussing it with your employees
A Vital Piece - The value of medical management in integrated healthcare
More than a plan - Tips to create a successful health and wellness program.
Developing a Safe Return-to-the-Workplace Strategy - Best practices for protecting your employees during the pandemic.
Setting Limits - How high-performance, tiered and narrow networks may offer savings.
A New Way - Important information when considering an association health plan
The More They Know - Educating your employees about self-funding
A Direct Impact - Do health and wellness incentives work?
The Best Defense - How to help employees become their own health care advocate
Health Care Horizon - Trends to watch for in 2019
The Right Fit - Comparing networks for your self-funded plan
Health Care from a Distance - Top advantages of offering a telehealth program
Getting Care Quick - How to educate employees about where to go for care
Better Together - Integrated Utilization and Case Management for optimal results
Not Only When You're Sick - How preventive care can help employees avoid medical issues and lower their health care spending
Talking to Your Doctor - Knowing how to talk to a doctor can help employees save money
Making Informed Decisions - How to help your employees be smart health care consumers
Plan Early and Shop Around - It's never too early to start preparing for the next plan year
Knowledge is Power - The importance of educating employees about their health plan
A Click of a Button - How technology connects doctors with patients and saves money
Use the Opportunity - Follow these tips for your next open enrollment
Engagement is Key - How to talk to your employees about their health
The Answers You Need - How self-funding can help correct health care purchasing mistakes
Healthier Moms, Healthier Babies - How adding maternity management can help cut costs and raise productivity
The Whole Package - How to combine key programs to create a superior self-funded benefit solution.
Get Motivated - How to help your employees stay healthy
The First 100 Days - The importance of industry experts in a time of health care reform
Back to the Basics - Selecting the best specialty coverage for your health plan
Educating Employees - How to use customer service to reduce costs
Informed Consumers - How health care fraud has changed in the electronic age
True or False - Myths about self-funded health plans
Utilization Management - The effect of pre-admission and post-discharge planning on health and costs
Containing Costs - How cost containment can be part of your targeted health care strategy
Collaboration is Key - How to forge successful partnerships directly with health care providers
Data Drives Everything - How to use data to customize your health plan and control costs
5 Best Practices - How employers can save money with best-in-class health plan design
Talking About Health - How to encourage healthier behavior in your employees
Mental Health - What employers need to know about behavioral health services
A Home Base - How to encourage your employees to choose a primary care physician
Transitions in Care - How to better ensure patients navigate the health system safely
Why Go Self-Funded - Self-funded health plans provide customization, control and cost savings
Custom Benefit Design - How using a three tier network strategy can contain health care costs
Purchasing Power - How to utilize captive self-funded arrangements to reduce risk
Medical Management - How managing care can improve care and cut costs
A Checklist for Better Health - Improve the health of your employees with preventive health reminders
Transparency Tools - How to get on-board with the health care transparency trend
Gathering Information - How to utilize the right tools when making health plan decisions
Just the Facts - Dispelling 5 myths of health care's narrow network plans
The Sweet Spot - How small groups can ease into self-funding with a level funded approach
Getting Involved - How to help your employees be smart health care consumers
Another Avenue to Care - How setting up a telemedicine program for plan members benefits everyone
Customizing for Control - How to build a narrow health care network to fit your group's needs
Two Sides of the Coin - How integrating dental, vision and medical improves health management
Steps in the Right Direction - How to decipher hospital billing to better control health care costs
The Next Step - How to maximize the benefits of an on-site clinic
Medical Management - How utilization management drives patients to the right kind of health care
A Deeper Dive - How to crunch data to manage ER utilization and contain health costs
Health Plan Affordability - Cutting-edge tools employers can use to build affordable health plans
Evolution of Self-Funding - How innovations are improving self-funded health insurance
Shining a Spotlight - How to spur health care cost transparency at your company
Self-funding Interest Rates - How future and historical self-funding benefits combine to draw employers
Maintaining Lower Costs - How network provider contracting can manage costs, access to care
Educating Employees - How managing ER use can lower health care cost without reducing benefits
A Behavioral Health Plan - How comprehensive behavioral health management boosts health, cuts costs
Shopping for Stop-loss - How self-funded employers can get better rates for reinsurance coverage
Thinking Out of the Box - How employers can use alternative health plan options to gain control, lower costs
Smoking Cessation - How employers impact their bottom line by helping employees quit smoking
Delving into Health Costs - How employers and employees are finding health cost savings through education
Stepping Out of the Box - How to use self-funded insurance to lower costs and tailor health plans to your employees
Shrinking Health Care Costs - How managing your employees' use of imaging services can lower your bottom line
Seeking Transparency - How network discounts can impact stop loss pricing
Making the Transition - How to help employees make the change to a consumer-driven health plan
Fighting Obesity - How to combat the effects of obesity on your business and improve your employees' health
Controlling Health Care Costs - How managing ER use can lower the cost of health without reducing benefits
Boosting Productivity - How providing EAP services can help improve employee performance
Health Care Fraud - How employers can reduce the risk of fraud and improve their bottom line
A Culture of Health - How to make your employees smarter consumers of health care
Targeting Costs - How using a medical management firm can save you money and help your employees
Lowering Health Care Costs - How claims reporting can help you get a grip on rising costs
Behavioral Health - How mental health benefits can both help your employees and add to your bottom line
Integrating Medical Solutions - How communication can improve both quality of care and your bottom line
Controlling Health Care Costs - How to take charge of your health plan to improve your bottom line
Medical Management - How managing care can improve care and cut costs
Alternative Funding - How funding your own health plan can save you money and better target employee needs