IBI Research Director Dr. Brian Gifford sat down with Sedgwick's Executive Vice President and Chief Performance Officer Darrell Brown to discuss the work and health relationship at the 2017 Annual Risk Management Society (RIMS) Conference.
Key considerations for employers and their members about utilizing services in High Deductible Health Plans.
Employer use of telehealth technologies has proliferated over the last decade. While the diagnosis and treatment of urgent-care type conditions have traditionally been the target for benefits managers seeking to reduce ER spend—in the last few years the breadth of conditions addressed by telemedicine has expanded into areas such as tele-behavioral health and tele-dermatology—to name [...]
United Health Foundation released the 27th America’s Health Rankings® Annual Report. The 2016 edition showcases positive trends in the health of the nation, as well as concerning upticks in several key indicators.
Opioid abuse costs employers approximately $10 billion from absenteeism and presenteeism alone. Despite the breadth and seriousness of this crisis, America's employers lack a true understanding of how it impacts individuals in the workforce and their families. Castlight developed this first-of-its-kind study on opioid abuse by examining de-identified and anonymous health data reporting from Americans [...]
Coventry is pleased to announce the release of their 2015 First Script® Drug Trends Analysis. The report provides a view into traditional Pharmacy Benefit Management trends that align with other industry reports, but once again shares their fully transparent view into the total pharmacy experience. A significant number of injured workers receive their medications outside [...]
This whitepaper discusses the critical components to address in the development and implementation of an absence management program. The approach described reviews how to build an absence management program from the employee life cycle perspective. This includes reviewing all practices, policies and procedures that are associated with hiring, onboarding, training/engagement and working with employees that [...]
Once upon a very different time, doctors arrived at one’s doorstep carrying a black bag packed with a thermometer, a stethoscope, and other tools — but that hasn’t been standard operating procedure for recent generations. Today, millennials and others who have never had a health care provider in their living room are benefiting from virtual [...]
A summary of Anthem Inc.'s extensive research to date on integrated health care (IHC). IHC is an emerging employee benefits strategy that connects pharmacy, dental, vision, disability and absence management data to an employer’s population health program to reduce costs and improve health outcomes.The research clearly show that employers are starting to integrate their health [...]
Employers and their benefit advisers face a complex array of carriers and third-party administrators when attempting to choose absence and disability providers. In the past, these choices often hinged upon price alone. Recent research and surveys have demonstrated that employee absence and disability cost more than previously thought. The provider choice can ultimately have major [...]
