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Healthcare costs rising: Why carving out pharmacy benefits is worth considering

Check out nine questions to consider when thinking about pharmacy benefits.
Bryan Statham
Wed May 20th, 2020 | 4 min read

Coronavirus resource spotlight: Scripta’s drug substitution search tool

The company is giving employers free access to a tool that helps employees find prescription drug alternatives—and can help lower employers’ healthcare costs.
Kathryn Mayer
Tue May 12th, 2020 | 2 min read

Harmonizing patient outcomes and employer health strategies

Here's how employers can better align their interests in patient-centered outcomes with their benefits planning objectives.

Thomas Parry, PhD and Bruce Sherman, MD
Thu May 7th, 2020 | 3 min read

Coalition: Protect employer-sponsored health coverage amid coronavirus

Employers, other industry insiders call on policymakers to help safeguard coverage for millions.
Kathryn Mayer is HRE’s benefits editor and chair of the Health & Benefits Leadership Conference. She has covered benefits for the better part of a decade, and her stories have won multiple awards, including a Jesse H. Neal Award and honors from the American Society of Business Publication Editors and the National Federation of Press Women. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Denver. She can be reached at kmayer@lrp.com. View Article
Kathryn Mayer
Tue Mar 24th, 2020 | 4 min read

Here are the benefit changes to expect this election season

Healthcare always seems to dominate the election season. This year is no different.
Carol Patton is a contributing editor for HRE who also writes HR articles and columns for business and education magazines. View Article
Carol Patton
Fri Mar 13th, 2020 | 4 min read

Balancing health-plan costs and quality

HBLC speaker Rabah Kamal explores one of employers' biggest benefits challenges.
Maura C. Ciccarelli is a freelance writer and marketing communications consultant based in the Philadelphia, Pa., area. She writes for Human Resource Executive® magazine about HR trends on best practices, talent development, healthcare and benefits, technology, legal issues and more. View Article
Maura C. Ciccarelli
Thu Mar 5th, 2020 | 4 min read

Compassion: A new treatment for addiction?

As the opioid crisis grows, more employers are pivoting toward connecting workers to treatment and, ultimately, keeping them on the job.
Will Bunch is a freelance writer based in the Philadelphia region, who writes on human resources and other business topics. He can be reached at hreletters@lrp.com. View Article
Will Bunch
Mon Mar 2nd, 2020 | 6 min read

DOL issues new proposed price-transparency rule

The proposal would require health plans to provide enrollees with out out-of-pocket expense estimates.

Nick Otto is HRE’s senior digital editor. He is a professional communicator with more than a decade of demonstrated accomplishments in newspaper and trade publishing. He has spent the past five years covering the employee benefits space and holds bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida. He can be reached at notto@lrp.com or follow him on twitter @Ottografs. View Article
Nick Otto
Tue Nov 26th, 2019 | 2 min read

How to Get a Handle on Specialty-Drug Costs

With specialty drugs accounting for an ever-increasing portion of total spend, plan sponsors are employing creative cost-cutting strategies.
Julie Cook Ramirez is a Rockford, Ill.-based journalist and copywriter, covering all aspects of human resources. View Article
Julie Cook Ramirez
Wed Jul 24th, 2019 | 8 min read

What UHC’s Expanded Rebate Program Will Mean

Nine in 10 NBGH members would like to see an alternative to the rebate-driven model.
Dave Shadovitz is editor of HRE He is also co-chair of the HR Tech Conference and chair of the Health & Benefits Leadership Conference. View Article
David Shadovitz
Fri Mar 15th, 2019 | 2 min read

Proposed Drug-Rebate Rule May Contain Side Effects for Employers

The push for better supply-chain drug pricing and contracting models has reached Washington.
Web Editor Michael J. O’Brien has been with HRE for more than a decade. He holds a degree in economics from Boston College. View Article
Michael J. O'Brien
Tue Feb 5th, 2019 | 2 min read

The Truth About the Opioid Crisis at Work

The workplace is the perfect place for intervention, experts suggest.
Dave Shadovitz is editor of HRE He is also co-chair of the HR Tech Conference and chair of the Health & Benefits Leadership Conference. View Article
David Shadovitz
Thu Jun 21st, 2018 | 3 min read

Drug Data Suggest Shifting Landscape

Quest's latest data shows increases in cocaine and marijuana, and a continuing decline in opioids.
Dave Shadovitz is editor of HRE He is also co-chair of the HR Tech Conference and chair of the Health & Benefits Leadership Conference. View Article
David Shadovitz
Fri May 11th, 2018 | 4 min read

The Evolving Healthcare Model

Vertically integrated healthcare is making a comeback—and HR leaders need to be ready.
Jennifer Colletta is managing editor at HRE. She earned bachelor's and master's degrees in writing from La Salle University in Philadelphia and spent 10 years as a newspaper reporter and editor before joining HRE. View Article
Jen Colletta
Mon Mar 12th, 2018 | 3 min read

Can Integrated Healthcare Work?

Skepticism surrounds CVS's claims that the $69 billion merger will redefine and reshape the delivery of healthcare in this country.
Carol Patton is a contributing editor for HRE who also writes HR articles and columns for business and education magazines. View Article
Carol Patton
Mon Jan 8th, 2018 | 5 min read