Monday, September 14, 2020

Credit Suisse: Employers struggling to calculate 2021 medical cost trends due to COVID-19

 

Credit Suisse: Employers struggling to calculate 2021 medical cost trends due to COVID-19

Healthcare Dive

COVID-19 is throwing a serious wrench in employer efforts to calculate their 2021 medical cost trend, according to a new report from financial services company Credit Suisse. Usually, companies base their forecasts on prior-year historic data. But now, only about 60% of employers are using their actual 2020 claims experience, while making adjustments to try to normalize for the effect of the pandemic.

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