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Benfield Business-Health Leadership
January 13, 2012
Underperformance a Hindrance to Employers' Global Health Challenges
A significant gap exists between the importance of select global health challenges and how well employers are managing those challenges. (more)
November 30, 2011
Employers Have Softened Resistance, but Still Wary of Government in Healthcare
Over a year and half since the passage of PPACA and 11 months away from the 2012 elections, what do employers think is the optimal level of government involvement in healthcare? (more)
November 15, 2011
Incentives are Employers’ Most Popular Method to Promote Consumerism
Consumerism continues to be a popular way for employers to encourage employees and their dependents to have more ownership of their health. Benfield’s 2011 Trends in Healthcare Management research found that for the 6th year in a row, consumerism was the top pharmacy benefit management trend among jumbo employers. (more)
October 31, 2011
ERRP Funds Help Provide, but Don’t Dictate, Early-Retiree Benefits
With its passage in March 2010, PPACA reserved $5 billion to provide financial assistance to health plan sponsors that offer health benefit coverage to early retirees. (more)
October 15, 2011
Disease Prevalence Unknown: Lack of Knowledge or Lack of Data?
Often employers’ health and productivity management strategies are hampered by not knowing the extent of diseases and conditions in their workforces. (more)
September 15, 2011
New Models of Collaboration Emerging Between Employers and Providers
Old assumptions about employers and providers traveling parallel tracks and never intersecting are increasingly being challenged. (more)
August 15, 2011
Employers Intrigued by Health Smartphone Apps
According to Benfield research, many employers believe smartphone apps are an emerging health and wellness tool. (more)
July 30, 2011
Employers Grade Themselves on Addressing Common Diseases
Employers graded themselves on how well they account for and address common diseases in their workforces.(more)
July 15, 2011
Rx Benefit Designs: Employers See Mostly Bright Spots
In their own opinions, how well are employers’ pharmacy benefits constructed? According to Benfield research, employers rate their pharmacy benefits for three common conditions as moderately well designed. (more)
May 15, 2011
Purchasing Wellness Through Multiple Vendors is Waning
Employers purchase wellness programs and services in the ways that best fit their philosophy and needs. These approaches vary from organization to organization, but Benfield research reveals trends among the models employers use.(more)
April 29, 2011
Commercial Insurance Shifts from Fully-Insured to Self-Insured Lives
Employers’ purchasing influence in the healthcare supply chain continues to grow.(more)
April 15, 2011
Employers' Wellness Objectives Relate to Awareness and Behavior
Employers have a number of goals for their wellness programs, however the most important objectives for both large and jumbo employers relate to employees’ health awareness and behavior.(more)
March 31, 2011
Employers’ Top 5 Disease States & Conditions
What disease states or conditions do employers consider most important? According to Benfield research, a number of disease states and conditions are of high or medium importance with almost 100% of respondents. (more)
March 15, 2011
Employers’ Increasing Use of Integrated Data
Employers’ use of integrated data rose in 2010. In fact, almost all employers surveyed incorporate integrated medical (98%) and pharmacy (96%) claims data in their benefit planning, measurement and management. (more)
February 28, 2011
Employers’ Greatest Benefit Challenges are Behavior Related
Employers’greatest pharmacy benefits challenges relate to employees’ behavior. One pressing challenge is that employees are not changing their lifestyles to improve their health and the effectiveness of their medications. (more)
February 15, 2011
CDHP Trends Among Large Self-Insured Employers
The number of large self-insured employers* offering consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs) seems to have stabilized, but the popularity of offering CDHPs as the only plan option has increased. (more)
January 15, 2011
Top 10 Current Pharmacy Cost Management Initiatives
Recent Benfield research has identified the leading trends in employer* pharmacy management. The most popular tactic (77%) is lowering copays to encourage employees to order medicine by mail. (more)
December 15, 2010
Employers' Top Initiatives to Manage Biologics' Cost and Utilization
Biologic therapies are one of large, self-insured employers* top pharmacy challenges. So what are employers doing to manage the cost and use of biologics? (more)
October 30, 2010
Trends Having the Greatest Impact on Pharmacy Benefits
In 2010, large, self-insured employers* again ranked consumerism as the trend most likely to have the greatest impact on pharmacy benefits over the next 18 months. This is the fifth year in a row that employers have ranked consumerism as the trend of greatest impact. (more)
October 15, 2010
Employers' Priorities for Improving Health Care System Sustainability
Benfield's Market Intelligence Research panelists* identified consumer behavior as the most important factor for improving the sustainability of the health care system. (more)
September 15, 2010
Increasing Sophistication of Employer Prescription Data Analysis
Recent Benfield research conducted on behalf of the National Pharmaceutical Council identified that 84% of employers analyzed prescription data, and 50% of employers planned to conduct more sophisticated analyses and modeling in the next 18 months. (more)
April 21, 2010
Employer Integration of Health Care Data
Employers are increasingly using integrated data in their benefits decision making.(more)
December 23, 2009
Policies Most Likely to Improve Healthcare System
In the spring of 2009, members of Benfield's Employer Market Intelligence Research Panel* ranked the government interventions they thought would most likely improve the health care system. (more)
November 11, 2009
Foundational Health; Productivity Study; Mental Health Care
First Bank of Chicago, a JPMorgan Chase heritage company, restructured its mental health benefits in the 1980s. (more)
August 14, 2009
Primary Responsibilities as Seen by Corporate Medical, Benefits and HR Professionals
What do corporate medical, benefits and HR professionals see as their primary responsibilities—and what are they trying to achieve?(more)