Employee benefits

For healthcare payers, the answer depends on more than just saving money—optimizing health should be the basis for adoption.

Employees at Carson Group love the outdoors and regularly participate in events like the Spartan Race, a course filled with treacherous obstacles.

When Redtail Technology moved into its new building 18 months ago, CEO Brian McLaughlin ensured it had homey touches, like comfortable seating, a basketball court and slides.

Some companies on SourceMedia’s Best Fintechs to Work For list offer their employees extra time off to live boldly.

A collaboration between SourceMedia and the Best Companies Group, the list is derived from reviews of employer benefits and policies and comprehensive surveys filled out by the companies' employees.

Every week starts and ends the same way — with meetings where departments can share successes and challenges. It’s one way the payments company ensures cross-collaboration.

The company's Fitbit Inspire and Inspire HR are geared toward helping insurers and employers provide health services.

Telehealth acquisition, expansion into electronic medical records and hospital supply chain disruption are contributing factors, one industry insider says.

CVS Health has a new health program perk for its customers, thanks to a collaboration between its recently acquired insurer and Apple.

Three healthcare plans in Tennessee have joined an effort to improve the accuracy of provider data submitted to insurers.

The National Institutes of Health and Fitbit are encouraging users of the activity technology to supply data to find linkages between health and personal activity data

BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York is sharing claims data via HEALTHeLINK, the region’s health information exchange, to help providers improve care.

Aetna has signed on to the Synaptic Health Alliance, a group started by Humana and four other insurers earlier this year and which is also adding hospitals.

The Trump administration plans to allow states to direct billions of dollars of Obamacare subsidies to health plans that don’t meet the law’s requirements.

Health insurer Cigna is launching a mobile app to connect members to its Healthy Pregnancies and Healthy Babies prenatal program.

Roy Beveridge, MD, chief medical officer at Humana, contends that the insurer has made great strides in leveraging data to get ahead in value-based care.

Insurers in the line of business are innovating in many areas including quoting, servicing, claims, and the overall customer experience.

Healthcare insurance giant plans to an integrated EHR for its 50 million fully benefited members leveraging Rally, its health and wellness platform.

Telemedicine is an effective option for patients who have trouble getting to the doctor’s office, but complex state laws make it difficult to provide service to everyone.

The wearables company has created the platform for health insurers, employers and healthcare delivery systems.