Healthcare

SHRM’s Chatrane Birbal says organizations can push for a greater use of alternative therapies and telemedicine services in rural areas to deal with workers struggling with an addiction to painkillers.

Plans covering expensive prescriptions can now offer employees a kit designed to determine if the drugs they are taking are really helping or hurting them and propose alternatives.

Sen. Tom Cotton has what he calls a "modest proposal" for the tax legislation that House Republicans are poised to release on Wednesday.

While the average savings in retirement accounts increased markedly in recent years, the amounts varied significantly by income levels, experts say.

Benefits professionals can educate workers about the value of another reference with on-site information sessions, communications through newsletters and printed handouts.

From cost and compliance worries to doubt in employee interest levels, these companies often incorrectly assume 401(k) plans are not for them, but advisers can clear up these misconceptions.

Benefits professionals can educate workers about the value of another reference with on-site information sessions, communications through newsletters and printed handouts.

While the average savings in retirement accounts increased markedly in recent years, the amounts varied significantly by income levels, says an expert.

In the face of specialty drug cost increases, drug chain has created a program to help its sickest customers.

Insurer teams with Castlight Health to offer an integrated solution that brings together clinical, claims and wearables data.