That's just one of the themes in this week's Raw Bar. Listen in as the National Business Group on Health's Helen Darling talks about new research, detailing how major employers are smart enough to know that workers won't be rushing to fly half-way around the world for surgery, regardless how much they might save in the process.
That's just one of the themes in this week's Raw Bar. Listen in as the National Business Group on Health's Helen Darling talks about new research, detailing how major employers are smart enough to know that workers won't be rushing to fly half-way around the world for surgery, regardless how much they might save in the process.
More than one-fourth of the working population needed legal advice during the past year, and the number of large companies offering group legal plans rose to 33% in 2007, a 6% increase from 2006, according to a study by Workplace Options.
Worksite health care and onsite clinics have been re-invented from the manufacturing industry days of occupational health. Today's onsite health programs serve a variety of employer groups, can report solid ROI and take a holistic approach to health and productivity. During last week's episode of the Friday Fray David Demers, director of strategic planning and product development for Marathon Health and Raymond Fabius, president and chief medical officer at CHD Meridian addressed the questions of employers and consultants on this hot topic.
Make sure to check out our conversation with Robert Laszewski, he's a health policy guru extraordinaire and he runs a consulting firm inside D.C.'s infamous beltway. While it takes awhile for us to get there, eventually the point is made during our conversation with him that the average American's current gas price fixation and the speed with which it is bringing about changes in our automobile manufacturing sectors as well as other markets is a clear reminder of how potent an engaged consumer class could be in wrangling health care costs. The successful strategy for tapping that power is what remains elusive. Check out what else is fresh this week on EBA's Raw Bar…
That's just one of the themes in this week's Raw Bar. Listen in as the National Business Group on Health's Helen Darling talks about new research, detailing how major employers are smart enough to know that workers won't be rushing to fly half-way around the world for surgery, regardless how much they might save in the process.
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