The shift to value-based reimbursement should shift money back to employers.
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David Burda is editorial director, health care strategies, for MSP-C, where he serves as the chief health care content strategist and health care subject matter expert, and was editor of Modern Healthcare, the industry’s leading health care business publication.
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Device makers and providers—not insurers or employers—should assume risk.
Medication therapy management makes the medicine go down—along with employer health costs.
Telemedicine may offer employers lower health care costs and higher productivity from workers.
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Predictions about the explosion in medical tourism may finally come true.
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Experimenting with benefits may create a potent brew of incentives that produce better employee health.
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Take a sneak peek at some line items that might start appearing on the hospital bills of your employees.