Value-Based Care: a viable, long-term solution to healthcare costs
“Value-based care” (VBC) and “fee-for-service” (FFS) are key terms for self-insured employers seeking financial control over annually increasing employee health benefit costs.
Why have Texas schools stopped opting into the TRS, and why do so many want out?
In 2002, Texas created a health plan managed by the Teachers Retirement System of Texas (TRS), but over the past several years, complaints about the plan’s lack of cost savings and poor quality control have grown.
Three questions to slash health benefit costs
If your clients are like 93% of employers, affordable and cost-saving health benefits are important to them. On average, about a quarter, or $760 billion of US healthcare spend is wasteful or inappropriate.