Employee Health

Revolutionizing Employer Health Benefits

How Continuity of Care, Patient Engagement, and Gamification Can Transform Health Plan Designs

Healthcare costs keep rising in America, in part due to employers feeling the heat. The common challenge for these companies is to find new, effective ways to offer health benefits to employees while keeping costs down. This article examines how gamification strategies as well as continuity of care strategies can make a real difference. Let’s explore these ideas further — how they can usher in a new way of thinking for employer health plans.

The Current Challenges

Healthcare costs in the U.S. are about to grow steeply — by some 9 to 10 percent a year from 2024 to 2026. That is a huge jump from last year, and it’s making it hard on employers who pay so much into health insurance. For example, companies have historically been trying to spread the news on the rising costs of these projects by giving their employees high deductible health plans (HDHPs). And now workers are hitting their limit. Since life is costing more overall with inflation, most employees are searching out health benefits that aren’t going to keep them pennyless.