Employers Review Who is Covered Under Health Care Plans
March 3, 2009 - Wolter Kluwer
With cost savings in mind, some employers are conducting dependent eligibility audits to accurately determine who is covered under their plan; according to the IFEBP: 26% of U.S. employers conduct eligibility audits for their healthcare plans.
Wal-Mart Will Market Electronic Medical Record System
March 12, 2009 - Fierce Healthcare
You know something's a commodity when the big W gets involved, so I guess EMRs have officially arrived. Wal-Mart Stores has set its sights on the scorching-hot market for electronic health records, focusing on the small medical practices which have proven unwilling to invest in high-end systems.
How Convoluted Contracts Produce Costly Claims
March 11, 2009 - Risk & Insurance
Insiders in the workers' compensation arena have known for some time about the festering problem that has hurt corporations with higher than necessary claims costs. Claims administration contracts between employers and their insurance companies or third-party administrators have created a cycle of misaligned incentives and unintended consequences.Many employers have lost sight of what a workers' compensation program is supposed to do, and vendors have created products and services that often drive costs up instead of down. There is plenty of blame to go around, but rather than affix the blame, it is long past time to fix the problems.
