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Despite relatively flat prescription prices, drug cost remains a major concern for workers’ compensation pharmacy benefit managers. Their biggest trouble-maker: opioids.

As the health insurance exchange marketplace continues to expand, industry trailblazers and benefits experts are weighing in on what it takes for employers to succeed within this relatively new health care model.

While your retirement education plan might look good on paper, it could likely use a little work in order to hit the right notes with employees. Aaron Friedman, national practice leader at The Principal Financial Group, provides best practices to create an engaging approach.

Everyone from the health department to the IRS will be looking over employers’ shoulders, making sure they are compliant with health care reform. 2013 needs to be a year of careful preparation.

George Castineiras, senior vice president of total retirement solutions at Prudential, says with 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 for every day for the next 16 years, it’s an exciting time to watch the “money in motion.”

In a government-sponsored study this week, America ranks below its high-income, industrialized peers in both longevity and disease prevention, despite spending more per capita on health care than any other nation.

Consulting firm announced Thursday the launch of a private benefits exchange developed by Benefitfocus, available to employers with at least 100 employees.

Assurant Health, Health Dialog and The Segal Group all announce personnel moves. Check to see if a colleague is mentioned today.

The U.S. influenza season is off to a fast start, which may hurt insurers, hospitals and people lulled by the milder outbreaks of the recent past.

Mercer announced Thursday that it has launched a private benefits exchange developed by Benefitfocus and available to employers with at least 100 employees.