Wellness

Adviser Alex Assaley and his agency built a web platform to help clients educate employees and relieve their financial distress.

Delivering the right message can make skeptical employees active participants in a well-being plan, says Viverae's Mike Lamb

The majority of large employers offer high-deductible health plans coupled with health savings accounts, but traditional plans are still favored by many employees.

Phase two of the review program focuses on covered entities, including employers. How advisers can help clients prepare.

Nearly half of large companies offer some type of program, yet just over one-third of workers say they have access to one, highlighting a disconnect between available benefits and employees’ understanding of them.

It’s important to educate employers and workers about available HSAs, HRAs and FSAs so that employees can get the most out of them.

Primary care provider-based wellness tests work well for remote employees, but ones conducted at the workplace are better for an employer’s bottom line, according to an analysis of medical claims data conducted by HealthFitness.

Benefits issues can lead to diminished productivity, finds new research, as workers spend an average of three and a half hours a month dealing with healthcare issues at work.

A common problem with well-being offerings is that they are often tailored to the needs of the company, not the employee.

The companies’ joint offerings give employees additional ways to protect health and financial security.