An insider's guide to employee healthcare engagement

When employees sit down to select their health benefits, they often don’t know where to begin. Employees often fail to understand basic insurance terminology, according to a survey from consumer directed healthcare company Alegeus. Meanwhile data from UnitedHealthcare indicates that while 77% of employees felt prepared for open enrollment, most spent less than three hours researching prospective health plans.

So if employees don’t understand their benefits, and they aren’t taking the time to research them. How do you get them to engage?

Employee Benefit News and Employee Benefit Adviser caught up with Shannon Skaggs, president of Quantum Health, and Misty Guinn, director of benefits and wellness at Benefitfocus, in our most recent podcast to discuss in more detail.