Healthcare

By making the benefit more comprehensive, employers can help effectively treat workers and reduce overall costs associated with delayed recovery and poor employee health.

Much like stop-loss coverage, employers can use telehealth services when making the leap to becoming self-insured.

At an ‘underground’ sales seminar, brokers learned new techniques for prying clients away from their entrenched competitors.

The annual limit on deductible contributions to a health savings account will jump by $50 for individuals and $100 for families.

HR professionals say recent regulatory changes and the #metoo movement have prompted changes to benefits and business strategies.

PlanFocus takes crucial functions, such as the distribution of a loan, and allows employers to quickly approve participant transactions more effectively.

Near-site clinics can increase employee wellness and satisfaction.

Rather than focus attention — and dollars — on getting workers fit, employers are beginning to zero in on helping them manage chronic illness.

By not prioritizing the use of pharmacy benefit management drug rebates, the administration is hurting companies, who shoulder the burden of rising costs by all stakeholders in the supply chain.

In a national plan, employers are pooled together to purchase stop-loss insurance. Companies pay smaller day-to-day claims as they come, but enjoy greater protection against catastrophic claims as well as the purchasing power of a large group.