Healthcare

EBA Contributor Barry Cohn is being kept busy with questions about MLR reimbursements, with clients wondering what to do or asking how much they would be receiving.

McCutchen case raises the issue of whether a plan administrator is entitled to full reimbursement for payments made to a plan participant who is injured and recovers damages from a third party.

At the National Business Coalition on Health’s annual converence, CEO of Equity Healthcare says PPACA won’t kill employer-sponsored health insurance.

By reaching out to its Latino population to educate workers and provide resources tailored to their specific needs, Pitney Bowes significantly reduced health care disparities in its workplace.

Employee Benefit Research Institute releases its estimate of how much money seniors might need to be confident of covering their health care costs in retirement.

Women make up about half of the workforce and are becoming breadwinners of their families yet many don’t take advantage of group life insurance.

Rewards expert Bob Nelson discusses why employers struggle with employee reward and recognition, why old-school strategies like years-of-service awards don’t work and why Generation Y seems to need so much feedback.

Two Midwestern employers, Twin City Pipe Trade Services Association and the Midwest Employee Benefit Funds Coalition offer suggestions for building engaging health fairs for employees

Workplace difficulties faced by the hearing impaired highlight the need for corresponding benefit coverage

The authors of a recent medical report say diabetes is leading to increasing rates of vision loss, and they recommend upping efforts to prevent and quickly diagnose diabetes in order to prevent expensive eye treatments.