Health analytics platform Springbuk recently released its 4th annual report, which highlights 4 trends that employers have been utilizing to lower health care costs across the board while achieving better health outcomes for employees at the same time.

Those trends are implementing programs with virtual health care options, which can be more convenient and lower in cost than in-person appointments; using advanced analytics to evaluate and manage employees with significant high-risk factors, which in turn also leads to improved health outcomes; introducing or further incorporating mental health and wellness programs, which has a number of tangential benefits for employers and employees alike; and prioritizing a value-based approach to health plans that emphasizes care quality above a laundry list of covered services.

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