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PlanFocus takes crucial functions, such as the distribution of a loan, and allows employers to quickly approve participant transactions more effectively.

Near-site clinics can increase employee wellness and satisfaction.

Rather than focus attention — and dollars — on getting workers fit, employers are beginning to zero in on helping them manage chronic illness.

Annuities can be qualified or non-qualified and are subject to different tax treatments. There are also estate tax consequences as well as tax penalties to consider.

By not prioritizing the use of pharmacy benefit management drug rebates, the administration is hurting companies, who shoulder the burden of rising costs by all stakeholders in the supply chain.

In a national plan, employers are pooled together to purchase stop-loss insurance. Companies pay smaller day-to-day claims as they come, but enjoy greater protection against catastrophic claims as well as the purchasing power of a large group.

The deal gives the digital health company additional resources to address the needs of employees with chronic health conditions.

Selecting the right 401(k) plan administrator is not a ‘no brainer,’ and advisers can add real value by helping clients make the best choice.

At the event in Washington DC, benefit brokers learned new, innovative ways to reduce healthcare costs for their employer clients.

Awareness and cost concerns are the primary reasons companies don’t offer the one-time bedrock benefit, experts say.