Health Payer Intelligence January 4, 2018
Thomas Beaton

Employer-sponsored health plans are expected to leverage value-based purchasing and engagement technology to enhance their wellness and preventive care offerings.

Employer-sponsored health plans are expected to widely embrace value-based purchasing agreements and patient engagement technologies that improve employee wellness programs and preventive care, according to the National Business Group on Health (NBGH).

In a list released to press contacts, NBGH identified emerging healthcare issues such as employee wellness programming and the treatment of substance use disorders (SUD) as trends that will drive investment and plan offerings in 2018.

Expected developments in employer-sponsored health plans have some similarities as other payer trends expected in 2018 such as leveraging beneficiary engagement to lower healthcare costs.

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Topics: Employer, Patient / Consumer, Self-insured, Wellness
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