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4 trending topics in employer healthcare
According to Gartner, 42% of HR professionals are putting strategies together to reimagine the future of work. To meet the needs of today’s workers, employers will need to:
Leverage benefit package enhancements to help with recruitment and retention strategies.
Offer improved behavioral healthcare while reducing the stigma around mental healthcare.
Continue to encourage the importance of preventive healthcare and wellness during times of economic uncertainty.
Break down barriers to care for their…
Better employee care starts with a better care team
Historically, primary care has focused on a one-size-fits-all approach, with patients seeing their family physician for everything from getting a physical to diabetes care. However, at a network health center, your employees are surrounded by an integrative care team.
Integrative care teams are a combination of health care clinicians, including nurses, health coaches, behavioral health specialists, physical therapists and registered dietitians who work together to provide exceptional patient care.…
5 steps to choose an employer healthcare partner
Determining the best employee healthcare provider can be difficult. Yet, we all know how important it is to provide easy access to an advanced primary care team to improve employee health and decrease costs.
Almost 159 million people are covered by employer-sponsored insurance as of 2022, so employers have the leverage and scale to bend the curve on our broken healthcare system. Here are five tips to help you choose the best employer healthcare partner.
1. Write down your expectations from an employee…
Employees make drastic health improvements with network support
Marathon Health’s care teams focus on building relationships with your employees to improve their health and quality of life, and we strengthen those moments at every turn.
We’re not just treating symptoms; we’re helping employees improve their lives – which means better health outcomes and lower healthcare costs for everyone.
Learn how our members see success by partnering with their employer healthcare team at network health centers to take control of their health and improve symptoms…
How to keep your benefits package competitive
We’re facing unique dynamics in the workplace. As work models change and the workforce grows more diverse, adapting to meet the evolving needs of your employees is no small task. And national concerns about inflation aren’t making things any easier.
Here are four benefits trends as organizations look to attract and retain top talent:
Improving health care affordability
An unstable and expensive economy has consumers concerned about their finances. In the coming year, employers are making…
Combat inflation without inflating your benefits costs
The annual inflation rate for 2022 was 6.5%. During that time, egg prices rose by 60%, along with significant price increases for other basics. Gas prices had us rethinking that summer road trip. Maybe we would have flown, except flight prices rose by more than 40% from 2021 to 2022. Recently, employers across the board announced widespread layoffs in expectation of a tightening economy.
Inflation is expected to slow this year, but a return to “normal” – where inflation hovers around 2% – will…
Assumption University, Saint Vincent Hospital launch program to fight nursing shortage
Saint Vincent Hospital and Assumption University have launched a program to train student nurses.
Ex-CEO acted without board’s authority, concealed bonuses, MetroHealth says
MetroHealth said bonuses awarded that way over five years were not permitted.
Tampa Bay nurses see a slight decline in pass rates amid nursing shortage, report finds
The number of candidates passing the exam indicates the number of new nurses entering the nursing workforce, which has seen a shortage over the past few years.
SECURE 2.0 changes the retirement-plan landscape
SECURE 2.0, the new retirement law passed in December 2022, levels the playing field for employers and employees when it comes to the accessibility and affordability of retirement plans. An update to the SECURE Act of 2019, the legislation is one of the most significant reforms to retirement law in recent history.
Highlights of the new law include:
Small employer credit
To incentivize more small businesses to provide a retirement plan, the new law increases the credit available to small employers…