Kelsay is the President and CEO of the Business Group on Health. She predicts that in 2024, employers will "sound the drug price alarm."
We asked our readers and some members of our editorial advisory board to make predictions for 2024. Here's what Ellen Kelsay had to say:
“Healthcare costs will continue to soar, bringing heightened vigilance by employers as well as concerns about the affordability of medications and medical services. Employers will express growing alarm over the sustainability of and lack of transparency into drug pricing. One hundred percent of employers surveyed have some level of concern related to prescription drug trend, which is greatly fueling overall healthcare trend, according to our 2024 Large Employer Health Care Strategy Survey. Employers will place heightened expectations on their partners to deliver, in large part because of considerations regarding cost, quality and outcomes.”
Conversations With Perry and Friends
April 14th 2025Perry Cohen, Pharm.D., a longtime member of the Managed Healthcare Executive editorial advisory board, is host of the Conversations with Perry and Friends podcast. His guest this episode is John Baackes, the former CEO of L.A. Care Health Plan.
Listen
Breaking Down Health Plans, HSAs, AI With Paul Fronstin of EBRI
November 19th 2024Featured in this latest episode of Tuning In to the C-Suite podcast is Paul Fronstin, director of health benefits research at EBRI, who shed light on the evolving landscape of health benefits with editors of Managed Healthcare Executive.
Listen
Medicaid Expansion Linked To Timelier Lung Cancer Surgery and Access to High-Volume Hospitals
April 17th 2025New research shows that Medicaid expansion was linked to a 2.1% increase in timely lung cancer surgeries and a 2.8% rise in procedures at high-volume hospitals, highlighting how policy changes can impact cancer care access.
Read More