Mercer: 7 Employer Healthcare Strategies and Their Importance to Large and Mid-sized Employers

1. Monitoring/managing high-cost claimants: 48% very important; 32% important
2. Focused action to manage cost for specialty pharmacy: 38% very important; 33% important
3. Focused strategy for creating a culture of health: 35% very important; 33% important
4. Improving patient empowerment through advocacy, shared decision-making, multi-channel navigation, etc.: 16% very important; 32% important
5. Focused strategies for behavioral health: 17% very important; 27% important
6. Offering employees more plan or benefit options with decision support tools: 17% very important; 26% important
7. Addressing healthcare affordability for low-paid employees: 20% very important; 22% important

Notes: Percentage of employers with 500 or more employees, who rated strategies as "very important" or "important" in the next 5 years, according to the annual Mercer "National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans 2019"
Source: Mercer, October 28, 2019
Source URL: https://www.mercer.com/newsroom/mercer-survey-finds-us-emplo...

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