Our 2018 National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans just closed and we have a few early results to share. After making changes, employers will hold health benefit cost growth for 2019 to 4.1%. Still more encouraging, the underlying medical plan cost trend has cooled from 6.5% to 5.3%, which means employers will be less likely to shift cost to employees. What’s making the difference? Here are three technology strategies that are key to higher-value health care:
Targeted high-tech/high-touch programs that address health problems ranging from insomnia to infertility, are now offered by more than half of employers with 500 or more employees
18% of employers promote employee engagement by making all benefits accessible on a single, fully integrated platform. Another 19% are working towards full integration
Most employers use data warehouses or get data from vendors to inform health plan strategy. But some now use predictive analytics (16%) to identify opportunities to improve health plan performance – and health outcomes
Our 2018 National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans just closed and we have a few early results to share. After making changes, employers will hold health benefit cost growth for 2019 to 4.1%. Still more encouraging, the underlying medical plan cost trend has cooled from 6.5% to 5.3%, which means employers will be less likely to shift cost to employees. What’s making the difference? Here are three technology strategies that are key to higher-value health care:
Targeted high-tech/high-touch programs that address health problems ranging from insomnia to infertility, are now offered by more than half of employers with 500 or more employees
18% of employers promote employee engagement by making all benefits accessible on a single, fully integrated platform. Another 19% are working towards full integration
Most employers use data warehouses or get data from vendors to inform health plan strategy. But some now use predictive analytics (16%) to identify opportunities to improve health plan performance – and health outcomes
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