Zelis Acquires Payer Compass
In September 2022, Zelis acquired Payer Compass and its reference-based pricing products. In March and April 2023, Zelis began the re-branding of Payer Compass with changes to its social media accounts, web-based portal tools, and email addresses. Now, Zelis has begun...
MedBen Client 2022 Federal CAA Required Pharmacy Submission Complete
You might remember that the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA) requires all health plans to file a pharmacy data report annually to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Beginning this year, and each year thereafter, that reporting must be...
MedBen Office Closed in Observance of Memorial Day
Our home office and client services will be closed on Monday, May 29 in observance of Memorial Day. We will reopen at 8:00 a.m. EST on Tuesday, May 30. Plan members that need claims and benefits information during the holiday weekend (or any other time) can typically...
MedBen Turns 85
May 8, 2023 marks MedBen's 85th anniversary of serving the health benefit needs of employers across the country. As such, it's an opportune time to reflect, while also looking forward. MedBen's growth over the decades has coincided with the evolution in group health...
Getting Down to the (MedBen) Basics
Health benefits management can be a complicated business, but that doesn't mean it has to be. To help make things a bit more clear cut, MedBen offers dozens of MedBen Basic handouts on a variety of topics. While many of our Basics are directed at plan administrators,...
Dental and Vision Care: Big Benefits at a Small Cost
Dental and vision benefits are often relegated to second-tier status in a health care plan, or not offered at all. But a quick look at the advantages of regular dentist and optometrist visits may give you a new respect for their value. Poor oral health is linked to...
Health Care AI Offers Promise and Problems
Expanding use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in health care has sparked talk of its possibilities while raising ethical questions. Healthcare Dive recently examined generative AI's potential, both positive and negative. From the article: "Generative AI is...
The REAL End of the COVID-19 National Health Emergency
You may have read that on April 10, President Biden signed House Joint Resolution 7, immediately terminating the national health emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic under the National Emergencies Act. You also may recall that earlier this year, the Biden...
Biosimilars vs. Generics: What’s the Difference?
Much like generics are lower-cost equivalents of more expensive drugs, so too are biosimilars. But there's a notable distinction between the two. Generics contain the exact same active ingredients as their brand-name counterparts and are usually synthesized from...
Coming Soon… The 2023 Client Report!
In the upcoming 2023 MedBen Client Report, we'll be looking at some of the issues that affected our clients last year, and the ways we worked with them to find successful solutions to preserve or improve their benefits. "With health care inflation expected to double...
Get Actionable Insights with MedBen Analytics Reporting
MedBen Analytics offers a variety of customizable, downloadable reports to help you make informed decisions about changes to your plan. While there are dozens available to choose from, the most popular reports used by MedBen clients include: Utilization Metrics....
Why the Supreme Court’s Marietta Memorial v. DaVita Decision Matters
At this year's MedBen University roundtables, Senior Vice President & CPO Caroline Fraker provided an eye-opening example of why the June 2022 United States Supreme Court decision in the matter of Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan v. DaVita...