Dissatisfaction with the American healthcare system has never been higher. We’ve identified ways to avert crisis, close gaps in care, and increase confidence among consumers. The fragmentation of the American healthcare system is usually cited as the main cause of its inefficiencies and the resulting negative...
Healthcare point solutions are highly valuable. But there is a downside that needs to be addressed. The popularity of healthcare point solutions—applications and technologies that help users address a specific health or well-being issue— has increased dramatically in recent years. Both employers and health plans use...
How Your Health Plan Can Reward and Reinforce Healthy Choices and Behaviors We are all creatures of habit. Almost half of daily human behavior is habitual. As a result, habits can be powerful factors working for or against the health of your members. Changing a person’s...
Choosing a well-being platform shouldn't be painful. We’ve created a brief guide to make the process easier. Selecting the best well-being platform for your health plan can be a difficult, time-consuming task. There are, of course, certain features and capabilities that you expect any platform to...
Deliver real value for members by taking your engagement to the next level. The business environment in which health plans operate today has never been more challenging or disruptive. A combination of new competitive pressures, innovative technologies and rising consumer expectations is transforming the health economy...
Hello healthcare, meet consumerism! We’ve been hearing about its pending arrival for quite a while. It started as a faint drumbeat in the distance. Over the years, it’s become louder and more consistent. But for all the noise it was making, consumerism seemed so far away...
Healthcare is moving faster than ever, and this acceleration produces increasing challenges for health plans. As consumerism takes hold, members are placing more expectations on how healthcare works for them. Rapid technological innovations coupled with a global pandemic have hurled the industry...
Equal and fair access to healthcare is still elusive for many minorities and underserved groups in the United States. Addressing the multiple factors that create this deeply rooted social issue requires the commitment of multiple stakeholders. Health plans play a vital role. Here’s what you can do...
Care. Health. Cost. Three simple words. Three monumental challenges. The Triple Aim is the holy grail for all healthcare pursuits. But given the highly complex and inter-related structure of the healthcare system, working to achieve the Triple Aim requires an integrated effort that involves all relevant...
A person’s age. It’s a simple piece of information that every health plan has for every member. And that number also contains a wealth of information. Leveraged correctly, a person’s age can reveal insights into the best ways to support and guide that member through the...
Maintaining long-term relationships with members is good for a health plan’s bottom line, but a key transition often prevents lifelong loyalty. Retaining members during the transition to Medicare can produce a significant economic benefit for health plans. When considering average revenue, margin, and the length of...