Healthcare

A Benz Communications survey shows that while employers believe more frequent communication about benefits is desirable, few are achieving this goal.

Flexibility with rollovers and investments are cited as key advantages to health savings accounts, causing them to become valuable retirement plan assets.

Tesla benefits manager Nate Randall, speaking at Benefits Forum & Expo, details how his company is changing the benefits landscape on a budget.

Scottsdale Health adds a telehealth service to its benefits plan and sees dramatic costs savings because the service keeps non-life-threatening illnesses out of the emergency room.

Customer satisfaction with mail-order pharmacies declined for the second year running, according to a survey from J.D. Power and Associates, and that could spell trouble for health plans that insist on their usage.

Political pundit Meghan McCain addresses attendees at Benefits Forum & Expo and explains why she believes neither Republicans or Democrats have the answers to fixing America’s broken health care system

Darden and Sears announce they will use Aon Hewitt’s private health insurance exchange.

Truveris consultant Michael Jacobs explains why he believes in value-based benefits design and consumer-driven health plans.

Editor in chief explains why she moved over to a new health insurance plan that includes a health reimbursement account debit card and why the new plan is a better fit for her family.

Lisa Holland argues that biometric screenings offer more useful data than information gleaned from health risk assessments and that biometric data can be used to develop better wellness programs.