Apr 3, 2025 | COVID-19, Family doctors, Mental Health, Primary Care, Telehealth
Five years after the pandemic, MedBen clients have seen a general decline in telehealth visits by plan members to their family doctors, dropping 45% from its peak. Currently, only about five percent of members are still using telehealth. One exception to this trend is...
Mar 21, 2025 | Cost Savings, Emergency Room (ER), Family doctors, Health care costs, Primary Care, Urgent Care
For MedBen clients in 2024, 15% of emergency room visits were potentially avoidable… typically for conditions that could have been better managed in a more cost-effective setting. A visit to an urgent care facility or family doctor can save a plan member, on average,...
Mar 15, 2024 | Emergency Room (ER), Employer Dashboard, Family doctors, MedBen Analytics, Report Manager, Reporting, Urgent Care
For MedBen clients in 2023, 16% of emergency room visits were potentially avoidable… typically for conditions that could have been better managed in a more cost-effective setting. A visit to an urgent care facility or family doctor cost, on average, $1,582 less than...
May 26, 2023 | Emergency Room (ER), Family doctors, Health care costs, Primary Care, Spending, Urgent Care
Two items of interest, both pertaining to health plan spending for emergency room visits: Facility fees for ER visits increased 531% from 2004 to 2021, according to a recent Peterson-KFF analysis. A greater range of treatments and more expensive technologies available...
