Benefit management

Those who are bereaved need comfort from each other and extra effort needs to be made to reach out and encourage employees to take advantage of their EAPs.

People can use the service for calls with as many as 100 participants and will cap free calls at 60 minutes, but won’t begin enforcing that time limit until the end of September.

Employees’ lack of knowledge of their healthcare benefits options can have a huge financial impact on both them and their employers, says Kim Buckey, vice president of client services at DirectPath.

The CEO of Perspective Partners shares how software can help answer healthcare and retirement benefit questions during the enrollment process.

Face it, your clients and prospects do not want to meet you in person, but here’s how you can still stay connected.

Brokers and their clients can save money with a high-quality, no-cost solution.

UnitedHealthcare added policies to its benefit offerings to prevent young people from becoming addicted to prescription painkillers after wisdom teeth surgery.

Be transparent about the challenges you’re facing when you communicate with colleagues and clients and make sure your practice is optimized for a work-from-home situation.

A financial planning expert from a Goldman Sachs team weighs in on choosing benefits, and communicating those concepts during COVID-19.

Employers should be prepared to adjust their plans and communication strategies during the outbreak.

“If we don't have a game plan for how to educate employees, everything is for naught,” says Nick Rockwell, president at Eastbridge Consulting Group.

Benefits advisers need to look beyond healthcare and traditional benefits to account for financial stress, mental health and other factors, experts say.

An effective benefits strategy should use tech to communicate and offer options for all employees.

Health care and financial benefit offerings are an opportunity to standout and remain competitive.

PwC decided to shut down their office for summer and winter holidays to give employees more time to recharge.

The company’s new telemedicine offerings put primary care and behavioral health services at members’ fingertips.

Don’t be seduced by style over substance, warn industry pros; more “human touches” are necessary to support decisions beyond latest apps or self-service tools.

With a narrow segment of workers accounting for the lion's share of healthcare spending, employers can no longer afford to treat all claimants the same.

The consulting firm partnered with an analytic company to help employers monitor the costs of specialty medications and opioid use in their health plans.

Refreshing your company policies will help avoid legal and liability issues.