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Seven Takeaways For 2019 From Mercer National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 11:30
- Mercer projects health benefit costs per employee will rise by 4.1% on average in 2019
- The underlying medical plan cost trend will drop from 6.5% to 5.3% heading into 2019 (estimated increase in medical plan cost if employers made no benefit changes)
- For 2019, 44% of the responding employers will changes in benefit levels.
- 58% of midsize/large employers (500+ employees) now offer one or more “point solutions,” -- high-tech, high-touch programs helping members with specific health issues
- 18% of mid-sized/large employers make benefit offerings accessible to employees on a single, fully integrated platform; Another 19% are working towards full integration.
- 77% of mid-sized/large employers already use a data warehouse or get the data they need from plan vendors to inform their health plan strategy
- 16% of mid-sized/large employers use predictive analytics to identify future opportunities to improve health plan performance or health outcomes
Source: Mercer
Source URL: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180912005185/en
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