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A practical guide to self-funded group health plans
Thinking about self-funding your group health plan? Learn how to weigh the costs, risks and rewards to see if self-funding makes sense for your business.
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Thinking about self-funding?
Before making the move to self-funding, start with the basics: stop-loss coverage, risk management, and claims administration. Knowing how these work together can help you make a confident, informed decision.
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Payment Integrity
At Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas (BCBSKS), we are committed to ensuring every dollar spent on health care claims is accurate, appropriate and aligned with the terms of coverage. Payment Integrity is not a pursuit to reduce reimbursement, benefits or access. Payment Integrity’s sole goal is the elimination of overpayment.
5 min. read
Coverage Built for Real Life
Build a stronger benefits package with dental, vision and cancer coverage
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5 Things to Know About Rebates
Rebates are an important but often misunderstood component of prescription drug pricing. For employers looking for ways to manage health care costs, it’s tempting to focus solely on the potential savings from rebates.
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How will weight loss drugs affect health care costs?
Shows the need of balancing the benefits of weight loss drugs with their costs to ensure sustainable healthcare spending
8 min. read
Can employers and payers afford to cover GLP-1 drugs?
Discusses the affordability and coverage considerations of GLP-1 drugs for employers and payers.
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Financial Peace of Mind for Employees
Disabilities can happen to anyone, and the financial impact can be significant. Disability insurance plays a key role in supporting the financial obligations of employees if they are unable to work.
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BlueCard®: Access to care wherever your employees live, work or travel
BlueCard® helps ensure your team has access to care wherever life takes them. Discover how to simplify health care for your business and employees.
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Supporting Employees with Mental Health Conditions
Workplace stigmas can make it tough to share mental health resources, but it doesn’t have to be. In this session presented by our behavioral health partner, Lucet, learn to spot mental health signs at work, guide conversations, and provide the right support.
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Understanding ERISA: What employers need to know
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is a federal law that sets rules to protect employees' retirement and health benefits from fraud and mismanagement.
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Same Treatment, Lower Price: How Biosimilar Medications Are Making Healthcare More Affordable
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas is working to lower prescription drug costs by promoting the use of biosimilars—safe, effective, and lower-cost alternatives to expensive biologic drugs. As biologics now account for over half of all medication spending, biosimilars offer a major opportunity to reduce healthcare costs.
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Shop, Save and Earn Rewards with SmartShopper®
With SmartShopper, your employees can easily compare convenient, high-quality, in-network locations and earn rewards for shopping.
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Answering your common questions about billing
The article aims to help members navigate the billing process more effectively to manage their healthcare expenses.
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Results of two-year study show limited adherence, savings for GLP-1 obesity drugs
Prime Therapeutics conducted a two-year, real-world study to examine the clinical outcomes and cost when patients were using a GLP-1 drug for obesity treatment.
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