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employee benefits
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Integrating Workers’ Comp and Medical Benefits Makes So Much Sense
The current dual-system model is inefficient, wasteful, and inconvenient. There is a clear need to integrate workers’ comp and medical benefits programs to cut down on costs and alleviate the hassle of dealing with separate care silos. It’s possible, and its time has come.
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MedCity Influencers, Consumer / Employer
Corporate Head of Benefits – The Most Powerful Position in Healthcare for 60% of Americans
Employer-sponsored health insurance now costs approximately $12,000 per plan member per year. Accordingly, for many employers, healthcare and health insurance are the second largest company expense after payroll. The Head of Benefits is in charge of this expense and is in the best position to use it for positive change.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Employer Health Plans Hold the Key To Reducing Healthcare Costs
The major healthcare players have no incentive to bring costs down. Insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other healthcare interests profit by charging higher and higher rates. However, one entity has the scale and incentive to meaningfully lower costs: employer health plans.
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Consumer / Employer, Health Tech
Talkspace Launches New Mental Health Portal for Employers
Talkspace’s new product, Talkspace Engage, aims to help employers promote their mental health benefits to their employees. It allows employers to easily share mental health resources and virtual classes led by Talkspace clinicians.
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One Simple Action Can Ease ‘Tripledemic’ Pressures: Paid Sick Leave
Nearly a quarter of private sector employees don’t have any paid sick days, according to the National Partnership for Women & Families. Providing this benefit will save employers down the line, one expert argues.
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MedCity Influencers, Consumer / Employer
4 “Must-have” Healthcare Benefits Tips During Open Enrollment
The annual open enrollment period is the right time to proactively address common benefits knowledge roadblocks with more in-depth education and communications.
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Carrum Health, GRAIL strike up partnership to offer cancer test to employers
Through the new collaboration, Carrum Health is offering GRAIL’s cancer test called Galleri as a benefit option for employers. It is an early-detection test for more than 50 types of cancer.
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
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Wysa brings mental health support to small, mid-sized employers through new partnership
The partnership is with PlanSource, a benefits administration company. By working with PlanSource, Wysa can be offered as a mental health benefit option for PlanSource’s network of small to mid-sized employers.
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8 employee benefits finalists will present at INVEST Digital Health’s Pitch Perfect contest
Here are the eight companies selected by professional investors to pitch at the upcoming INVEST Digital Health conference in Dallas on September 28.
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What do GCs need to know right now about abortion trigger bans, HIPAA and how to not break the law?
In an exclusive interview, an attorney at McDermott Will & Emery’s Post-Roe practice group answers questions about how Texas’ trigger ban laws will impact employers, whether HIPAA protections apply to abortion access and the latest in Washington on rulemaking to strengthen ERISA preemption defense.
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How one company is trying to make hearing care a mainstream benefit
Nearly 25% of working-age adults have hearing issues, and 60% percent of people with hearing loss are below retirement age. But 50% of those with untreated hearing loss do not have their hearing professionally checked before the age of 60. Tuned is trying to change that by offering its platform to employers as a benefit.
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Register for MedCity INVEST Digital Health and take part in a discussion on pharmacy benefit management
The MedCity INVEST Digital Health conference in Dallas September 28 in collaboration with Health Wildcatters marks our first conference in the Lone Star state and new themes embracing employee benefits and the financial experience in healthcare. Register today!
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Employee Benefits, Health Services, Health Tech, Startups, SYN
Connecting startups to investors: Ask the Investor breakfast meetings
Add an Ask the Investor breakfast meeting to your INVEST Digital Health agenda and gain insights from investors from DaVita Venture Group, Noro-Moseley Partners, Providence Ventures, FirstTrust Capital, Blue Cross Blue Shield Kansas, and Flare Capital Partners.