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LVBCHC: 2025 saw rising health insurance costs and new treatment options
Health care costs surged in 2025, with family coverage nearing $27,000 as employers weigh coverage for GLP-1 drugs, gene therapies and rising employee premiums.
Leapfrog report shows local hospital safety rankings
Fifty-seven Pennsylvania hospitals earned “A” ratings in the latest Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, ranking the state eighth in the nation.
Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades are out, how did your hospital rank?
The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit representing hundreds of the nation’s most influential employers and purchasers of health care, is out with its new fall 2024 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade.
LVBCH receives grant to address high health care costs
Lehigh Valley Business Coalition on Healthcare (LVBCH) received a grant to work with local businesses, insurers and health care systems to examine health care costs in Lehigh Valley and across the state.
Employers need wellness toolbox to recruit, retain top talent
Since the “great resignation” happened in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, employers in the Lehigh Valley, and nationally, are having a more difficult time recruiting and retaining top talent.
Lehigh Valley Business Coalition on Healthcare extends preferred partnership
Health insurer Capital Blue Cross, which has offices in the Lehigh Valley, said it has extended its preferred partnership with the Lehigh Valley Business Coalition on Healthcare through 2024.
Health insurance industry expert: “The business model is broken.”
Our health insurance industry is in need of repair, according to experts, but there are things employers can do to help.
