Oct 4, 2020 | COVID-19, MedBen Analytics, Reporting
The MedBen Analytics COVID-19 Dashboard based on MedBen’s overall business block shows the pandemic’s effect on hospital, urgent care, and emergency care utilization. As of August 31: Inpatient hospital claims saw a significant decrease in May, going down 32%...
Sep 20, 2020 | COVID-19, Employer Dashboard, MedBen Analytics, Reporting
As of August 31, 2020, MedBen’s block of business has seen the following COVID-19 results: 6.33% of the total population had a COVID-19 test, including antibody testing. The average cost per test was $83.14. Only 0.25% of MedBen’s total population has tested...
Aug 23, 2020 | Cost Savings, MedBen Analytics, Reporting
If you’ve participated in a recent plan review with your Account Management team, you’re likely familiar with the Health Plan Snapshot, a report offered through MedBen Analytics. What you may not know is that as the plan administrator, you also can easily generate...
Aug 6, 2020 | Account Management, Coronavirus, COVID-19, MedBen Analytics, Online Services, Reporting
As a plan administrator partnered with MedBen, you have access to MedBen Analytics… at no cost. This online portal offers a variety of valuable and actionable data, from medical and prescription claims to a COVID-19 Impact Dashboard. All the information provided on...
Jul 23, 2020 | Compliance, MedBen Analytics, MedBen WellLiving, Preventive Care, Reference-Based Pricing, Wellness
Now that one-third of MedBen’s block of business uses some form of reference-based pricing (RBP) or direct-to-employer (DTE) contracting, these alternative reimbursement strategies are outperforming standard PPO plans in multiple ways. In terms of costs, MedBen...
Jul 22, 2020 | Coronavirus, COVID-19, Emergency Room (ER), MedBen Analytics, Prescription
As the world has changed from the pandemic, so too has health care utilization. Comparing the months of January-June 2019 to January-June 2020 for the MedBen block of business, we find that per member: The biggest decreases in utilization are for surgical inpatient...
