Benefits Think

There’s a catch in the new study results from a team of RAND Health researchers who assessed the spending patterns and health care use of high-deductible health plan participants.

After some windfall distributions to some big-name recipients, ERRP funds are being sucked dry even faster than anticipated, so quickly that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will stop accepting ERRP applications altogether on May 5.

Today’s your day HR/benefits pros — enjoy it! April 4, 2011, marks the seventh annual celebration of National Employee Benefits Day. Led by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, the day is a time for anyone with employee benefit responsibilities to be recognized* for their dedication to providing quality benefits. …

I don’t often give shout outs to corporations, but in this case I had to make an exception. After raising $1.2 million from getting 23,000 employees to take a health risk assessment, Kaiser Permanente granted the funds to two worthy organizations dedicated to encouraging healthful eating in low-income and/or underserved communities.

I recently interviewed Jody Thompson, co-author of "Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: The Results-Only Revolution," about the theory and reality behind the results-only work environment. Here's some of what she had to say.

EBN goes behind the curtain in a podcast interview with John Schilhab, EVP at Biosignia, the company behind the medical risk technology used on NBC’s "The Biggest Loser."

Employers Resource Association has released the top 10 topics that send HR managers to call its hotline in droves.

Call your company’s Ryan Seacrest to improve your hiring odds, one blogger posts.

Health care reform is one-year-old today, and the law continues to divide the nation among four groups.

Wish you had an HR phone-a-friend? Now you do. HR Hotline is a phone-based HR support service for employers. Is this something you would use?