“The Association of American Medical Colleges has produced a study designed to quantify this shortage. And the number they’re projecting is a big one: a 90,400-physician shortfall by 2025. That’s the high-end number. AAMC says the shortfall could be as low as 46,100 — still a serious gap between providers and patients.” Patients were experiencing…
DetailsIt was not long ago that self-funding medical insurance was considered a large employer concept. For understandable reasons, smaller and smaller employers have been considering and adopting this option in recent years. If you’ve had questions and ideas like these pop into your head… “There is no way medical insurance should cost this much!”, “Why…
DetailsWellness engagement and results data vary dramatically. Some employers who are interested in the concept of implmenting wellness programs but who feel uncertain due to unreliable ROI projections, may be interested to know that employees expect meaningful incentives. The ‘carrot and stick’ approach is a combination that is geared toward the complexity of human behavior.…
DetailsForms 1094-C and 1095-C will be required of employers with 50 or more full-time equivalent employees. For calendar year 2015, the forms must be filed by February 28, 2016, if paper filing, or March 31, 2016, if filing electronically. Many employers are evaluating software systems now that will track all of the information required for…
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83% of survey responses indicate that smokers would prefer an app-based program. This app has shown great promise!
Many small and medium size employers, I’d even go as far as saying MOST small and medium size employers, are not aware that the plan documents provided by the carrier (usually referred to as Summary of Benefits and Coverage, SBC’s, benefit summaries and Explanation of Coverage, EOC’s) do not contain all of the information that…
DetailsAnthem members and plan sponsors have received multiple communications regarding a recent cyber attack that compromised the personal information of many members. Anthem has been working with the FBI to understand the impact to their members and create proper security protocol. Affected members will receive communications from Anthem and will have access to Identity Theft…
DetailsPrivate exchanges have been around for some time but they haven’t had the buzz that they do now with Health Care Reform. Although, they are now a regular part of benefit conversations and more exchanges are emerging, fairly few employers have moved to them so far. It is hard to determine how that will change…
DetailsLearn more about the things that do and don’t make wellness programs successful. I have seen a number of organizations in our industry that promote one strategy, one vendor, an internal no-cost solution and other things that jump on the excitement of the wellness buzz to sell; but don’t deliver in the long-term or are…
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