Employers Continue to Rank Health Care as Most Important Employee Benefit

Aug 6, 2024 | Benchmarks, Dental, Employee benefits, Flexible spending accounts (FSAs), Health Benefits, Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), Self-funding, SHRM, Survey, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Vision

Employers continue to rank health care highest in importance of employee benefits, according to the 2024 SHRM Employee Benefits Survey. As shown in the graph below, 88% of respondents said they consider health care-related benefits to be “extremely important” or “very...

MedBen Solutions Battle Cost Increases

Sep 5, 2023 | Alternative Reimbursement Strategies, Claims, Comparative Effectiveness, Cost Savings, Direct-to-Employer Contracting, Drug costs, Fair Market Pricing, Forensic claims review, High-cost claims, Inflation, MedBen Rx, MedBen WellLiving, Reference-Based Pricing, Rx Costs, Savings, Self-funding, Specialty Care, Survey, Wellness

A new survey by International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans found employers expect plan costs to increase seven percent in 2024. As to why, they gave a range of answers, with the top four reasons representing 71 percent of responses (see chart below). As it...