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Providers are looking to bulk up their marketplaces with features that provide employees with more choice, say experts.

As co-founder and chief health officer of Collective Health, Batniji’s goal is to create a better benefits experience for employees and plan sponsors alike.

Retirement plan sponsors should develop a comprehensive risk management strategy that includes the periodic review of contractual protections with their TPAs.

Pension plans and welfare plan all store personal data on each participant and beneficiary, ranging from social security numbers and addresses to date of birth and health information. The more immediate and available personal data becomes, the greater the risk for a potential breach or unauthorized disclosure or access, as is evident from the cyber attacks on major retail operations, health care providers and the government.

Workers are increasingly turning away from traditional healthcare delivery models in favor of alternatives, according to Oliver Wyman research.

Low satisfaction and high costs are driving consumers away from traditional healthcare delivery models in favor of alternatives.

The HealthiestYou application encourages higher levels of utilization with mobile access, greater ease of use, according to benefit advisers.

Integrating telemedicine with voluntary benefits can mean substantial savings for employers and significant opportunities for brokers.

Employers are increasingly discovering that poor benefits enrollment decisions on the part of workers can actually undermine organizational efforts to control plan costs.

HealthiestYou application encourages higher levels of utilization with mobile access, greater ease of use.