Putting Employer's Back in the Driver's Seat: The Sapient Health Approach

By: Katelyn Bush What’s in a Number? We’ve all seen the statistics: In 2023, the United States spent $4 trillion on healthcare. That equates to approximately $14,000 per person—more than double the cost of ...


Revolutionizing Healthcare Access: The Proactive MD Approach

By: Proactive MD Across the nation, provider shortages are alarmingly pervasive. This is especially true for rural areas and those lacking substantial healthcare infrastructure to support access to care for ...


The Future of Healthcare Tools in the Workplace

by Cole Hollander There are many issues employees face in the workplace, and the one they certainly should not have to, is the complexity of healthcare systems offered by their employers. When the process to ...


Direct Primary Care Providing Shorter Wait Times, Better Care

by Blake Fussell Most Americans have experienced a brutally long wait time to see a doctor for just a few minutes. Direct Primary Care (DPC) has been an option to assist with the issue and could be a major ...


The Increasing Demand for Digital Health Solutions

by Emily Smith During the COVID-19 pandemic, my 65-year-old father-in-law decided to schedule a virtual telehealth visit in lieu of an in person visit – something he wouldn't have agreed to in previous years. ...


Stop, Start, Keep: Benefits experts weigh in

by Sarah Gunter As we hit the halfway mark in the plan year and benefits leaders look to the future, we felt like now is the perfect time to evaluate benefits programs in terms of stop, start, and keep. We ...


MSK Injury Prevention: Safer for workers, safer for your organization

by Evan Boswell One of the most common sources of workplace injury are musculoskeletal disorders. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 272,780 cases of musculoskeletal disorders caused people to miss ...


Personalized approach to move the needle on population health management

by Sarah Gunter While addressing population health management with a modern, holistic view of health might be necessary, it can also be daunting! As our knowledge evolves, we understand that our individual ...


The evolution of Telehealth 2.0

by Sarah Gunter Two years ago, at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, telehealth came into focus as the next big solution in employee benefits—but, it also came with a host of problems. Telehealth’s main ...


Meet the wellness vendor that isn’t afraid to talk ROI

by Sarah Gunter In a sea of conflicting opinions and information about wellness vendors, it can be hard knowing where to stand. Considering that 87% of employees say they consider health wellness offerings ...


Colleges and Universities: The blueprint for DEI and healthcare innovation in the workplace?

by Sarah Gunter In the search for new healthcare solutions, we turned away from the workplace and towards the campus. Centers of higher education have often been on the forefront of innovation—with access to ...


How Population Health Management Differs from Wellness Programs

by Sarah Gunter Wellness programs have long been touted as a benefits solution for improving employee health. Considering the chronic nature of behavioral health issues, the need for a proactive solution is ...


Enhance, Elevate, and Escalate Health Plan Decision-Making with Wellnecity

by YJ Lee It’s no secret that employee benefits are expensive: healthcare costs are often the second or third largest expense item on employers’ financial statements. Typically, large expense items are managed ...


Fair Market Pricing: The newest innovation in cost-containment strategy

By Evan Boswell A growing interest in reducing and stabilizing large healthcare bills and high-cost claims has inspired a number of new creative approaches. One such model is called Reference Based Pricing ...


The Unlikely Guardians of American Healthcare

by Jennifer Spiegel Berman, JD, MBA, CEO of MZQ Consulting | jen@mzqconsulting.com Money Matters, But It's Not the Only Thing That Does The requirement to monitor plan expenses is a traditional focus of ...


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