The most expensive healthcare problem might not be the one getting the most attention. The solution may be in place, the savings may be possible, and the care may be better, but none of that matters…
For three years running, employers have forecast their healthcare costs and been wrong. In 2025 the median forecast was 6.8% and actual costs came in at 8.8%, the widest miss in a decade. Jim Winkler,…
A healthcare solution can look successful on paper and still fail the people it was built to help. So how can employers separate real impact from impressive numbers? Meg Barron, Managing Director of…
What if the biggest barrier to better healthcare outcomes isn’t access but awareness? Even the most valuable benefits can fall short when employees don’t know how to use them at the moment they need…
What does it take to get employees genuinely interested in a benefit they may not understand or even believe is real? At a crowded benefits fair, a flyer is rarely enough.Jenae Hernandez, Senior…
Navigating healthcare benefits can be confusing, especially when employees need specialized care.Adrienne Lee-Jones, Director of Payroll and Benefits at Loomis, shares her personal experience using…
Open enrollment season is coming, and we're spending the summer getting ready for it. All season long, we're bringing in guests who've been in the trenches of OE to share what's actually working,…
Rising medical costs and mounting pressure on benefits leaders to do more with less have made employee healthcare more complex than ever before. Lantern presents Making Healthcare Sustainable, a show…
Is promoting a healthcare benefit the same as advertising jeans? Not really—and at the same time, yes. It all comes down to reaching people at the exact moment they need something. And not once…
Most healthcare innovations fail for the same reason: they don't address the underlying incentive misalignment baked into a fee-for-service system. Omair Ahmed, Principal at Echo Health Ventures,…
