BBG Two Minute Blog
The Wide Variation In The Price Of Diagnostic Tests Is Unrelated To Outcomes Or Quality Of The Provider: So Why Do We Pay More?
A study of spending on 12.5 million diagnostics tests by UnitedHealthcare once again revealed substantial variation in the prices patients pay for common diagnostic tests. The seven groups of common diagnostic tests included echocardiograms, mammograms and...
When It Comes To Lowering Healthcare Costs Do Workplace Wellness Programs Over-Promise And Under-Deliver?
Don’t get me wrong, I completely support the notion of promoting positive health behaviors and healthier lifestyles. Encouraging such things as regular exercise, good and balanced nutrition, the proper amounts of sleep, and all the things associated with taking better...
Déjà Vu, Again – Small Group Transitional Relief Plans (pre-ACA) Extended Through 2020
Buried far below the most recent headlines related to eliminating the ACA, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) once again announced that employers in the small group market still enrolled in Transitional Relief Plans (pre-ACA) may keep their existing policies...
Three Notable Employer Health Coverage Factoids In The News This Week……
…… that may be of interest only to me. Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase Finally Has a Name It only took eight months. The new nonprofit healthcare company founded by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase finally has a name. It will officially be...
65Plus Is The Hottest Labor Market Demographic. Here Are Key 2019 Medicare Costs That Employees And Employers Should Know.
Some say it's the hottest demographic in the labor market -- men and women ditching traditional retirement age to work into their 70s, 80s and sometimes beyond. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics the 65 and over crowd will make up the fastest-growing...
2 MINUTE DRILL HEALTHY LIFESTYLE TIP #1 — MEDITERRANEAN DIET RECOGNIZED AS THE BEST BET FOR HEALTHY NUTRITION
$19,616.00. Yes, You Read It Correctly — $19,616.00.
$19,616 -- that's the average cost nationwide of an employer-provided family health plan in 2018 according to recent employer study conducted by the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation and reported in today's Wall Street Journal. It's pretty staggering to think about...
Coupons for Prescription Drugs: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Drug Coupons Explained We encourage and help anyone we can to obtain a coupon for their prescriptions.. We know, however, that there are emerging issues with them. Some background Drug manufacturers have some amazing but expensive medications. They have created...
Association Health Plans: No Clear Picture Yet of What Will Emerge Out of the New Regs
On June 19th the Department of Labor released final regs that offer new options for associations to sponsor health plans for their members. There’s no clear picture yet of what will emerge out of the new "Association Health Plan" (AHP) regs and how the new regs will...
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