Dec 26, 2024 | American Heart Association (AHA), Chronic conditions, Heart, Heart disease, MedBen WellLiving, Primary Care, Wellness, Wellness exam, Wellness screenings
Primary care physicians are uniquely positioned to help adults improve their cardiovascular health by promoting simple and actionable lifestyle changes, the American Heart Association contends in a recent scientific statement. “Primary care plays a central role...
Dec 10, 2024 | Diet, Genomics, Lifestyle, MedBen WellLiving, Nutrigenomics, Preventive Care, Weight management, Wellness
Nutrigenomic testing, available through MedBen Rx, analyzes an individual’s genetic makeup to understand how their genes influence their response to nutrition, diet, and lifestyle factors. As the list below shows, the wealth of information uncovered through testing...
Oct 29, 2024 | Alternative Reimbursement Strategies, Chronic conditions, Client Report, Cost projections, Cost Savings, Direct-to-Employer Contracting, Drug costs, Fair market reimbursement, Forensic claims review, Health care costs, High-cost claims, MedBen Rx, MedBen WellLiving, Prescription, Rx Costs, Transparency, Trend, Wellness
Health care costs in the United States are projected to see their steepest rise in over a decade during 2025, with multiple industry analyses forecasting increases between 7% and 8% year-over-year (see table below). However, MedBen offers solutions that directly...
Oct 14, 2024 | Alternative Reimbursement Strategies, Forensic claims review, Kurt Harden, MedBen News, Pharmacogenomics, Precision medicine, Quality, Wellness
On October 1, MedBen Chairman and CEO Kurt Harden spoke on the topic “A Third-Party Payer’s Approach to Providing Quality Care While Minimizing Cost” at the 2024 Ventegra Client Conference. Ventegra serves as MedBen Rx’s pharmacy benefits partner....
Oct 10, 2024 | Contact lenses, Eye care, Smoking, Vision, Wellness
An annual eye exam is essential to ensuring good vision and minimizing disease risk, but proper eye care shouldn’t end there. Several eye doctors recently shared some things they don’t do in order to maintain good ocular health. Among them: They don’t...
Oct 1, 2024 | Genomics, Kurt Harden, MedBen News, Nutrigenomics, Pharmacogenomics, Pharmacy, Wellness
MedBen Chairman & CEO Kurt Harden and Profero Team Director of Precision Medicine Cynthia Yu were featured presenters at the 11th Annual Sherrill-Morgan Healthcare Innovation Conference on September 18th. Harden and Yu spoke on the topic of genomic testing — what...
