Employer Strategies

Craig Davidson on how disclosure requirements under ERISA are a costly proposition.

2013 PSCA Retirement Plan Survey: Something to get worked up about.

“Health care reform is a shift to value-based care, rather than quantity of care,” one analyst says. “Any way Medtronic can help improve outcomes is generally the way health care is moving. The trick for them is to capitalize on that in the right areas.”

United Parcel Service Inc.’s decision to drop health benefits for 15,000 of its workers’ spouses may be a sign of the future, as U.S. businesses grapple with rising medical bills and the added burdens of the ACA.

Employee discount programs remain popular, but with a caveat.

By helping employees understand how their benefits work and how payment was applied to a particular claim, it’s hoped the tool will ease the administrative burden for employers, as well.

Here are some plan attributes generally felt to promote employee retirement readiness.

The Q&A sheds light on how the Supreme Court decision will affect income tax and estate planning issues, as well as employee benefit plans, leave policies, and other opportunities that companies give married workers.

Employers reported modest premium increases in 2013, according to an annual Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research and Education Trust study published today in the journal Health Affairs.

Less than two months before health exchanges open to the public, hospitals are asking to change a part of the Affordable Care Act that leaves them at financial risk for patients who fall behind on their insurance premiums.