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Preparing for the Biosimilar Landscape 

To date, there have been 57 biosimilar approvals and 38 launches in the U.S. market, which is good news for your business and team. As new biosimilars enter the market, increased competition brings down the price of the biosimilar and reference product.   As biosimilars continue to grow in use, it is important to understand Read More »

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What You Need to Know About Premium Rates

With Open Enrollment coming up this fall, we wanted to dive deeper into what goes into the premium rates that employers and employees pay. There are a lot of different factors that go into premium payments, while trying to keep health care as affordable as possible. What goes into determining a premium rate change? It Read More »

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How You Can Support Your Team with the Rise of Health Care Costs: Pharmacy Programs

We know the upward trend of health care costs is expected to continue, impacting employers and individuals alike. High prescription drug prices, increases in outpatient procedures, and more members needing high-cost hospital care are challenging health plans, employers, patients, and the entire health care system.   This increase in the cost of care and demand for Read More »

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How You Can Support Your Team with the Rise of Health Care Costs: Medical Cost Savings Programs

We’re back with part two in our cost saving series. (Click here to learn more about pharmacy saving programs) As a recap, we know the upward trend of health care costs is expected to continue, impacting employers and individuals alike. High drug prices, increases in outpatient procedures, and more members needing high-cost care are challenging Read More »

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Heritage Christian Services, Inc. Saves $105,207 in Pharmacy Costs

The rising costs of prescription drugs are quickly becoming unmanageable for self-funded employers and their employees. With the forecasted growth of prescription drug spending over the coming years¹, many employers are now looking for aggressive measures to control these rising costs.  In addition to the strain on employers, a recent Kaiser Family Foundation survey showed Read More »

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When everything works together, everybody benefits®

Take good care of your people, and they’ll help you take good care of your business. It’s a simple concept – and it’s why you want to provide great health coverage for your employees. Coverage that helps them live healthier lives. Coverage that helps make the entire experience easier for everyone. Coverage that takes affordability Read More »

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Get to Know Our Unique Approach to Value-Based Care

"Health care doesn’t have to be expensive. It has to be caring, it has to be efficient, and we have to use these health care dollars where we get the biggest bang for our buck." -Dr. Lou Bonavita, CNY Family Care LLP We all recognize that health care costs are continuously on the rise. It Read More »

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What’s New for 2024

At Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, we’re making employee wellbeing more accessible than ever in 2024.   It’s all part of our Synchronized Health approach to ensuring a healthier, happier workforce – at work and at home. Because when we do that, everybody benefits.  Here's a look at what's new this year. ThriveWell℠ Introducing ThriveWell, a digital homebase dedicated Read More »

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Finding Ways to Address Everyone’s Wellbeing Needs

Most times when we hear health and wellbeing we attribute it to our physical state, but wellbeing is more than just getting a step count in for the day. Wellbeing is the state of being comfortable, healthy and happy. This can come in many different forms and doesn’t look the same for all. Your employees Read More »

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