Healthcare

Most employers recognize that such information is “confidential,” but may not fully understand what that means or what they should do to protect it.

The share of medical spending devoted to administrative costs, including billing, is roughly three times what it is in other affluent countries, and it’s a major reason the United States spends twice as much on healthcare.

As a retirement planning tool, contributions to these accounts can offer plan participants a more nuanced approach to retirement saving than a traditional 401(k) plan can on its own.

The National Business Group on Health identifies nine topics that will effect employer sponsored health coverage over the course of the year.

The growing popularity of perquisites like flexible work schedules, professional development and student loan repayments is catching adviser’s attention.

Employers were hoping stabilization reforms would be included, but Mercer consultants say select benefits provisions could be revived at a later date.

Soaring drug prices are hammering smaller employers. Here are three ways benefit brokers can help.

Depending on the size of their workforce, employers don’t want to choose options that are too large or too small.

Employees still have a few weeks to make deductible contributions to various retirement accounts, as well as health savings accounts, to reduce their 2017 tax liabilities.

Despite the recent Fifth Court ruling, it’s too soon to say the regulation is dead. There may be a rehearing, and most importantly, best practice standards will live on.