The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) is leading a nationwide initiative among our member companies to promote policies that facilitate access to telehealth for employees and their families. As the only nonprofit national association advocating solely for the employee benefit and compensation interests of the country’s largest employers, ERIC speaks in one voice on behalf of our …
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The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) is leading a nationwide initiative among our member companies to promote policies that facilitate access to telehealth for employees and their families
The ERISA Industry Committee is pleased to announce its new nation-wide telehealth initiative to promote policies that maximize the benefits of this modern, innovative health care delivery tool. Recognizing the significant opportunity provided by telehealth to enable transformation of health care in rural settings and
The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) recognizes the significant opportunity provided by telehealth to enable transformation of health care in rural settings and urban underserved areas, improve productivity in the workplace, and provide cost-savings for employers and patients. ERIC members, the largest and most prestigious companies in the country, consider telehealth an emerging and important service enabling employees and their families to have expanded access to health care services such as with remote monitoring of health conditions or telehealth visits when more convenient given family and work commitments.
Some hospitals across the U.S. charge tens of thousands of dollars more than others for the same medical procedures, even within the same metropolitan market, and their cost can vary by as much as 313%, depending on where the surgeries are performed, according to a report by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and Blue …
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