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New Approaches to Managing Health Care Costs, Improving Outcomes

InterWest Insurance Services

As health insurance and health care costs continue climbing, some employers are taking new and innovative steps to tamp down costs for themselves and their covered employees while not sacrificing the quality of care they receive. It’s best to take this approach with the assistance of us, your broker.

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Employers seek new health care cost-control strategies

Business Management Daily

Reducing specialty pharmaceutical spending. Health benefit spending follows the 20/80 rule. A new study from the Employee Benefit Research Institute finds that a small minority of employees account for a huge majority of health insurance plan spending. account for 80% of total spending on health care services.