"Other than out-of-pocket costs, I would wager that prior authorization review is the one thing consumers find most burdensome in our current health system," says Drew Altman, president and CEO of KFF.
The new year brings definitional changes that may create operational challenges, especially for companies with HRIS systems that can't easily adapt to regional variations in employee leave.
For enterprise organizations with more than 5,000 employees, cost has emerged as the number one barrier to AI implementation, jumping from 22% citing it as their primary concern to 44% this year.
Agentic AI adoption isn't just "another IT project," this expert says. Instead, it should involve stakeholders across the organization, particularly frontline workers.
Some employers are concerned about how employees will adapt if they revise or eliminate incentive programs. These authors show how behavioral economics precepts can help ease incentive program transitions.
