Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Commentary: If the objective of the Chamber of Commerce’s study on the DOL’s proposed fiduciary rules was to scare small business owners, clearly it succeeded. But it certainly failed on another level.

Commentary: As the health care industry makes progress in the shift from volume to value, technology solutions that promote clinical excellence, improve patient satisfaction and reduce costs are more in demand than ever.

When employers understand what really matters to employees, they can shape a total work and benefits experience that can have an impact on engagement and business performance.

When the recently proposed fiduciary rules are finalized there will likely continue to be significant differences between how Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) and brokers interact with their retirement plan clients from a fiduciary standpoint.

Commentary: Numbers can tell you if your internal communications are effectively engaging employees, and resulting in a stronger culture and higher benefit participation rates.

It’s imperative employers carefully review and consider the language used not only in employee confidentiality agreements but also separation agreements, employment agreements, personnel handbooks and other documents which impose confidentiality restrictions.

Employers looking for good news on patient safety got a mixed bag of recent news – especially the discouraging report that nearly half of American hospitals fall short in nursing standards.

Data suggest a strong correlation between an employee’s overall sense of confidence in the future and the benefits they participate in at work – particularly non-medical benefits such as life insurance, accident insurance and critical illness insurance.

The possibility of specialty drug pricing financially overwhelming business and union health plans is very real.

If you talk to a benefits administrator or human resources professional, odds are they’re going to tell you they’re overwhelmed with trying to keep up with the pace of change and the demands of today’s benefits landscape. It seems like just about everybody is, at best, treading water.