Understanding Health Insurance

Why Value-Based Care Requires a Team Approach

Team-based care isn't a new concept — providers have always collaborated to achieve the best outcomes for their patients.…

How Geography and Health Affect Outcomes and Access to Care

It may seem like a weak association, but your ZIP code is actually a pretty good predictor of your health status. In other…

Managing Health Care Costs and Chronic Disease With Value-Based Care

The cost of chronic disease continues to rise, and employers feel that strain. Value-based approaches to care delivery can…

The Success of Value-Based Care Hinges on Care Coordination

Health care professionals are increasingly using their available tools to facilitate seamless transitions and communication.…

How Value-Based Care Improves Health Care Outcomes for Three Major Chronic Diseases

Treating chronic diseases accounts for an astounding 90% of the annual $3.5 trillion tab for health care services in the…

Why IoT in Health Care Could Be Key for Value-Based Care

The industry has reached the point of no return: Health care's gone digital. Technological devices such as health wearables…

5G Network Technology Is Poised to Transform Health Care

What is 5G? It's the latest — specifically, the fifth-generation — cellular network technology. On a 5G network, you can…

How Employers Can Evaluate High Performance Networks

High-performance networks (HPN) include only top quality clinicians and provider organizations offering cost-efficient care…

Providing Affordable Infertility Treatment in a Value-Based System

Fertility treatments — or assisted reproductive technology — have become almost commonplace. Despite couples struggling…

What is “401(k)-izing” Health Benefits?

Any employee can get stumped by the complexities of their benefits, and no offerings cause more confusion than health…

4 Ways Employers Can Cut Health Care Costs Without Upsetting Employees

U.S. employer health care costs are set to increase by 6.5% in 2020. Large employers cover approximately 70% of health care…

Why disability insurance? Financial protection down the road.

May is Disability Insurance Awareness Month. An injury or illness that requires even a short-term disability leave can be…