Employee Benefit News December 8, 2025
- Key Insight: Learn how specialty telehealth reduces wait times and restores employee productivity.
- What’s at Stake: Long specialist delays could increase costs, absenteeism and workforce disengagement.
- Expert Quote: “Faster specialist access improves outcomes and work performance,” Bryson Tombridge, Tono Health.
- Source: Bullets generated by AI with editorial review
This is part of a series on healthcare trend predictions for 2026. Read part 1 here.
Long waits for specialists are keeping employees from the care they need, but providing telehealth benefits that improve access can make all the difference.
In 2025, 89% of full-time workers and 25% of part-time workers had access to medical care benefits, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, due to climbing...







