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...
Mar 30, 2023 | Blood pressure, Dementia, Hypertension, MedBen WellLiving, Mental Health, Preventive Care, Primary Care, Wellness
A new study serves as a reminder that wellness promotes a healthy mind as well as a healthy body. According to an international team of researchers, there is a direct link between high blood pressure and dementia. Using information from genetic and imaging data and...
Mar 2, 2023 | Asthma, Cancer, Cholesterol, Cost Savings, Diabetes, Heart, MedBen WellLiving, News, Preventive Care, Primary Care, Reporting, Savings
A new report finds that the primary care workforce has decreased in recent years, and advises that the U.S. should invest more in adding new physicians. It’s a sensible suggestion, considering that primary care has demonstrably contributed to making Americans...
Oct 26, 2021 | Compliance, MedBen WellLiving, Preventive Care, Primary Care, Reporting, Wellness, Wellness exam
If you’ve been putting your annual wellness exam off until the last minute, the clock is ticking for 2021! There are two critical reasons to call your primary care physician today: Your plan may require you to get your wellness exam by December 31 to stay...
Oct 1, 2021 | COVID-19, Flu Shots, Primary Care, Wellness
Even if you’ve checked “COVID-19 shot” off your to-do list, there’s still one critical vaccination to take care of ASAP: Your annual flu shot. As reported in WebMD, “Two mathematical models are predicting a big rebound in the number and...
Jul 23, 2021 | MedBen Analytics, Mental Health, Preventive Care, Primary Care, Reporting, Telehealth, Trend
Telehealth use has dropped from its peak in 2020, but remains significantly higher than pre-COVID levels. The MedBen Analytics chart below shows telehealth activity for MedBen’s total client block from January 2020 through June 2021. Mood and anxiety disorders,...
