employer health

Self-insured employers want to cut costs without affecting the quality of coverage available to employees. HR leaders need to provide great benefits that attract talent, but they also need to slow the rising tide of healthcare costs at the same time. In this whitepaper, you’ll see three examples of how benefit teams have cut benefits spending without cutting benefit programs. • The potential savings available with telemedicine programs • The surprising ROI of fertility coverage and care • Best practices for evaluating and implementing onsite clinics

Self-insured employers are mining their health and benefits data to save costs and provide quality care for employees. Data is driving business decisions, but how do you get from millions of rows of data to a consumable graph to taking action? In this white paper, we’ll delve into data analytics best practices that help self-insured employers find actionable insights in their benefits data. • Which data sources will help you ensure you’re measuring the right thing at the right time • How to ensure data variety and choose key metrics • An example of a successful predictive analysis using benefits data

While the Affordable Care Act (ACA) increased the number of Americans with access to health insurance, U.S. employers and employees continue to struggle with rising health care costs and changing workforce demands. Recent Aon research shows that 20% of health care consumers cite high health care costs as the major reason they have either declined health care coverage, stopped taking medications, or avoided care altogether. If the U.S. health care system is to succeed, stakeholders across the health ecosystem must influence change in each market—employer, individual, and government (Medicare, Medicaid, and Tricare). While each part of the three-legged stool is important, this paper focuses on five strategies Aon believes will strengthen the employer-based system—a system that provides health care coverage to well over half of Americans (61%, or 177 million).

The pressure is mounting and employers are feeling the pinch. As U.S. health care costs continue their seemingly inexorable rise, businesses are looking for ways to wrest greater value from their health care spend. More and more, employers are looking for benefits strategies that help prevent chronic disease and, if it is present, encourage early, efficient treatment. The brass ring is getting employees to proactively manage their own health by adopting healthy behaviors, such as exercising and eating healthily. It’s better for the employees, it increases productivity, and it reduces health care expenditures. So how are organizations today looking to craft health and well-being plans that deliver real results for employers and employees alike? This white paper looks at three key areas where new and innovative approaches are changing the equation.

With all the complexities of the U.S. health care system, people consuming health care services continue to find it challenging to navigate. That’s why, for the fifth year, Aon Hewitt is pleased to partner with the National Business Group on Health (The Business Group) and The Futures Company to conduct the Consumer Health Mindset Study. The study explores the health attitudes, motivators, and preferences of consumers across the U.S.— particularly employees and their dependents as they interact with their employer-sponsored health plans, wellness programs, and the broader health landscape. Along with our findings about the consumer health mindset, we recommend practical actions you can take to meet consumers where they are and guide them in navigating health care more effectively.

Springbuk recently announced its America’s 100 Healthies Employers for 2017. This annual list celebrates the healthies in population health, taking into account organizational vision, success metrics, the impact on company culture, development of internal expertise and use of technology.

Research shows that wellness plans are extremely important to your clients. Employers have very solid reasons for embarking on a wellness program, including increased productivity and lower health costs for their employees. They are struggling to achieve their goals, however. Many employers aren’t sure how to begin a program; even the most advanced employers in terms of wellness are seeking ways to improve their wellness activities

Providing employer group customers an easy-to-use analytical platform is one of the key ways health plans can demonstrate value and improve retention. Read to find out more about how Employer Reporting can help health plans and their customers.

According to American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), 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 insured by large employers who use our product.

Are you struggling to predict and manage the rising cost of health care at your organization, while still trying to offer your employees and their families quality, affordable health coverage? Private health exchanges have emerged as a strategy employers are using to help curb this cost trend while offering employees more choice and control over their health care. Download XChanges Today to learn about this changing marketplace and how private exchanges are realigning incentives to benefit everyone in the value chain: employers, insurance carriers, employees, and providers.

Today in the United States, employer-sponsored health benefits are the source of coverage for more than 149 million individuals.1 Fueled by many factors, including rising costs, legislative changes, new provider models, and evolving market forces, the health care industry is undergoing a transformation. And as health care evolves, so must the employer’s role in it. What has not changed, however, is employers’ belief that health benefits are a key differentiator for talent. In fact, most large employers plan to continue offering coverage in spite of the uncertainties in the health care market.2 To keep pace with the changing environment, employers must rethink their role in health coverage: how they sponsor, structure, and deliver health benefits, and how they manage costs while keeping employees healthy, productive, and satisfied.

While most employers provide employees with protection for healthcare, accident and illness, many employees are missing protection for identity theft. Employers can now add value to their benefit package and help keep employees protected while on the job.

Employee engagement is no longer a matter of physical health, job satisfaction or stress management. Simply put, to make sustained engagement a reality, employers need to address the whole employee — their health, well-being and performance.

Employee engagement is no longer a matter of physical health, job satisfaction or stress management. Simply put, to make sustained engagement a reality, employers need to address the whole employee — their health, well-being and performance.

In this white paper you'll learn how to: • Use data to improve care and reduce costs • Create an outcomes-focused program • Make your employees more informed healthcare consumers • Unlock the ROI potential within your existing provider network

Investing in employee well-being boosts engagement, improves productivity and even leads to better company performance. But there’s just one problem companies are running into over and over: participation. We surveyed close to 300 employers about the state of their wellness programs. They said their biggest challenges are: participation (52.6 percent), sustaining interest and active involvement (48.5 percent) and fostering employees’ long-term health habits (37.5 percent). How can you tackle participation and keep interest thriving? In this e-book, we cover: ? The challenge of increasing employee participation ? How to solve the participation issue ? What you can do to create long-term participation and engagement

Implementing a private health exchange might seem like a daunting task for an employer to consider, but what if it’s not? With the right planning, expertise and stakeholders, moving to a private health exchange can be a smooth transition for both the employer and employee.

When employees move it, they're healthier and more productive. Employers then start to lose the burden of increasing healthcare costs. The Virgin HealthMiles white paper, Moving Toward Health, will help you understand activity's impact on employee health and associated costs.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will make some employers focus only on compliance. Forward-thinking companies that take advantage of the available benefits the reform laws have to offer will take the competitive advantage. Provisions of the new regulations, specifically wellness and prevention strategies, will have long-term tax benefits, while also decreasing lifestyle-related healthcare costs.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will make some employers focus only on compliance. Forward-thinking companies that take advantage of the available benefits the reform laws have to offer will take the competitive advantage. Provisions of the new regulations, specifically wellness and prevention strategies, will have long-term tax benefits, while also decreasing lifestyle-related healthcare costs.

Poor quality of care takes a tremendous toll, not just on the system as a whole, but on the patients and their families at the center of that system. It also has a tremendous effect on employers, who already face unsustainable health care costs. When we evaluated one of our customer's claims, we found numerous signs of preventable complications that had cost our client significant amounts, not to mention the toll on the individual. Specifically, we identified the following preventable hospital- acquired conditions (HACs): • Fourteen instances of stage III and IV pressure ulcers • Twelve instances of vascular catheter-associated infections • Thirteen instances of catheter-associated urinary tract infections • One instance of a patient dying or experiencing a serious disability associated with intravascular air embolism • Five instances of foreign objects remaining in patients after a procedure. Please download the whitepaper to learn more!

It’s time to rethink the role of primary care in your health benefit strategy. Employers have invested in countless initiatives to reduce spending and improve employee health outcomes. While these programs have varying degrees of success, employers are looking for new solutions that can have substantial long-term impact. Done the right way, primary care is uniquely positioned to be one of the strongest long-term solutions for employers. The proof is in the numbers: when patients have better access to primary care, the total cost of care is reduced by 4 to 5%. Our comprehensive eBook will show you how to lower health costs and improve employee health outcomes. The guide covers: The current healthcare landscape’s impact on employers The five key attributes of high performance primary care How to make a business case for prioritizing primary care Questions to ask when evaluating vendors

Globally, employers are leveraging mobile to enhance employee productivity and flexibility, and 90% of healthcare provider employees use mobile devices to engage patients in their healthcare. How are you leveraging mobile to keep pace with changing healthcare needs? Learn more.

With HIPAA audits now randomized, you must be prepared for them every day. And with state regulations requiring compliance-breach reporting, you must become your own auditor. HIPAA is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the 1996 federal regulation that mandated health-data privacy.This regulation requires compliance by all insurers and health care providers, including physician’s offices, hospitals, health plans, employers, public health authorities, life insurers, clearinghouses, billing agencies, information systems vendors, service organizations, and universities.But that’s not all.

Today in the United States, employer-sponsored health benefits are the source of coverage for more than 149 million individuals.1 Fueled by many factors, including rising costs, legislative changes, new provider models, and evolving market forces, the health care industry is undergoing a transformation. And as health care evolves, so must the employer’s role in it. What has not changed, however, is employers’ belief that health benefits are a key differentiator for talent. In fact, most large employers plan to continue offering coverage in spite of the uncertainties in the health care market. To keep pace with the changing environment, employers must rethink their role in health coverage: how they sponsor, structure, and deliver health benefits, and how they manage costs while keeping employees healthy, productive, and satisfied.