Benefit strategies

The private marketplace provides a group insurance alternative and promises benefit cost cutting.

How have employer-sponsored benefits changed since the last leap year? Long-term trends can give organizations a better understanding of whether they’re ahead (or behind) the benefits curve, says Compdata.

While just over half of companies with more than 1,000 employees offer at least one high deductible health plan, few have fully replaced traditional plans with the HDHP.

The DOL reported that 67.2% of employee benefit plans investigated in 2015 resulted in financial penalties or other corrective actions. Are your clients ready?

Many businesses with heavy seasonality face unique challenges when it comes to benefits enrollment. So how can those companies ensure a successful enrollment period for their ever-changing workforce?

Other countries and some innovative firms here consistently deliver equal or better quality care at dramatically lower cost, betraying the idea that conventional U.S. healthcare is superior or even appropriate.

The success of a client’s well-being program may be more about calculating value-on-investment rather than return-on-investment, according to a new report from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans.

New marketplace says it provides a group insurance alternative and helps plan sponsors fix their benefits costs.

At a NAHU summit, panel discusses future of healthcare reform and why brokers are needed now more than ever.

With dozens of state and federal agencies enforcing hundreds of employment and benefits-related laws, the administrative burden of running a company can be overwhelming.

Voluntary benefits such as critical illness, hospital indemnity and accident insurance, are not regularly being offered alongside HDHPs.

The success of a well-being program may be more about measuring value-on-investment rather than return-on-investment, according to a new report from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans.

The implementation of smoking surcharges should be paired with a robust smoking cessation program, experts say.

Ensuring suppliers meet regulatory requirements is imperative. Don’t cut corners, says Maestro Health CEO Rob Butler.

To meet legal requirements and realize savings in healthcare premiums, the implementation of smoking surcharges should be paired with a robust smoking cessation program, experts say.

Ensuring suppliers meet regulatory requirements is like buying a parachute or LASIK eye surgery: don’t cut corners and don’t be cheap, says Maestro Health CEO.

There are still several stigmas attached to flexible work arrangements, despite increased demand from employees and growing — yet sometimes cautious — investment by employers.

Advisers can assist employers in promoting the benefit, offered to low- to moderate-income workers who put money in a 401(k), 403(b) or IRA plans.

Price comparison tools available to the public don’t make it easy enough for workers to make informed decisions.

Employers can play a huge role in promoting the benefit, which is offered to low- to moderate-income workers who put money away in a 401(k), 403(b) or IRA.