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Employees can process their medical payments for hospital visits and serious illnesses faster with a new service from UnitedHealthcare.

From overtime rules to biometric timekeeping, a patchwork of laws and regulations can make compensation benefits a tricky business for employers.

Employers and employees both say programs are necessary to help manage debt and prepare for retirement, but participation still lags.

Employees can process their medical payments for hospital visits and serious illnesses faster with a new service from UnitedHealthcare.

New rules from the Department of Labor are helpful, but they should be loosened up further so employers can save money and provide better insurance to employees.

This does not mean that plan sponsors and committee members cannot insist on getting non-conflicted fiduciary advice; it just makes their job harder.

Plan sponsors and advisers: “It is important to realize that three or four years from now, what is done today will be examined, and it needs to be done with a good standard of care and mitigation of conflicts of interest.”

Plan sponsors and advisers: “It is important to realize that three or four years from now, what is done today will be examined, and it needs to be done with a good standard of care and mitigation of conflicts of interest.”

This does not mean that plan sponsors and committee members cannot insist on getting non-conflicted fiduciary advice; it just makes their job harder.

New rules from the Department of Labor are helpful, but they should be loosened up further so employers can save money and provide better insurance to employees.

Contractors are on the rise at Google as the company spreads into new markets. But many of these workers can’t access all of the company’s celebrated perks.

The online retail giant’s purchase of the drug delivery service could mean the end of pharmacy benefit managers and a major wake up call for benefit brokers, says Shandon Fowler.

The Trump administration is preparing a regulation that would allow the resumption of billions of dollars in payments to health insurers in the ACA.

President Trump’s executive order and commitment from leading companies will establish close to 4 million training opportunities for employees across all industries.

The online retail giant’s purchase of the drug delivery service could mean the end of pharmacy benefit managers and a major wake up call for benefit brokers, says Shandon Fowler.

To the ire of some advisors and trade groups, states are getting in the retirement offerings space. Lawsuits are sure to follow.

The firm provides cloud-based, artificial intelligence-powered marketing software for employers including PepsiCo, Ticketmaster, Unilever and Foursquare.

The move comes as Walmart and Humana explore ways to deepen their alliance to provide healthcare to consumers.

The FDA issued draft guidelines Tuesday outlining possible steps patients can take to get prescription medications without seeing a doctor.