Health Benefits

Health Benefits

The Health Care Backlog Is a $52B Problem

The backlog in unaddressed care will cause a surge in demand that will hit the health care system quickly and inefficiently.

Katie Rooney and Adam Johnson, Alight Solutions
May 29, 2020
Health Benefits

How CFOs Can Help Control Health Care Costs

CFOs should challenge HR leaders on whether employees can afford costlier benefits, promote provider differentiation, and negotiate health care contracts.
Health Benefits

Threat of Health Care ‘Cadillac Tax’ Set to Vanish

Congress, White House include a repeal of the excise tax in 2020 funding legislation that's expected to be signed into law by Friday.
Health Benefits

To Better Manage Health Care Costs, Ditch the Silos

Addressing medical, pharmacy, disability, and workers' compensation programs separately interferes with companies' efforts to control health care costs.
Health Benefits

Execs Could Boost Profits by Owning Health Care

Judging by their apathy over fixing the health care cost problem, C-suiters apparently are comfortable the way things are, a health care executive says.
Health Benefits

Companies Move to Limit Employees’ Health Costs

Most large and midsize employers hit "pause" on requiring workers to pay more out-of-pocket for health services.
Health Benefits

Annual Waste in U.S. Healthcare System Nears $1 Trillion

The waste equates to approximately a quarter of all healthcare spending, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Health Benefits

What I Wish I’d Known About Health Care as a CFO

Here are four ways to rein in health care expenses while still providing quality benefits to employees.
Health Benefits

Beyond Discounts: A New Approach to Health Plan Financial Analysis

Traditional benefits financial analysis doesn't get the job done right in today's dynamic health marketplace.
Employee Benefits and Compensation

GM Strike Ripples Out to Suppliers on Day 4

Experts say hundreds of thousands of U.S. workers could be laid off as the impact of the strike spreads.
Health Benefits

Key 2020 Strategies for Health Care Costs

While growth in health costs stays flat, companies are employing more virtual care, innovating primary care, and seeking solutions to specialty drug costs.
Health Benefits

House to Vote for Repeal of ACA’s ‘Cadillac Tax’

Despite strong bipartisan support for a repeal of the onerous excise tax on health benefits, its fate in the Senate remains unclear.
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