Key to cost containment lies in partnering with transparent PBMs, a more thoughtful approach to prescribing GLP-1s and encouraging the uptake of biosimilars.

With affordability and confusion serving as key barriers, benefits leaders can adopt design-led strategies that prioritize the user experience.

When helping educate clients, be sure to recommend farm-fresh and homegrown fare, intermittent fasting, reduced sugar and plenty of live cultures.

Debate over healthcare issues often spills into the workplace, shaping both employer decision-making and employees' sense of confidence in their benefits.

Brown & Brown's Erika Illiano suggests finding the right decision-support tool and constructing a compelling narrative around various coverage options.

Access to claims data enables plan sponsors to identify cost drivers, assess the impact of formulary decisions and negotiate better contract terms with PBMs.

Even the smallest gestures can make an enormous difference in helping build incredible and lasting bonds with the corporate HR teams you advise.

Self-funding, network steerage and gap funding require advisers willing to step out of cruise control and into a more consultative, engaged role.

Advisers can do a better job equipping employees with the knowledge they need to make better benefit choices.

Just as hidden fees became the hallmark issue in 401(k) fiduciary litigation, shared savings is quickly becoming the next flashpoint in health plan oversight.

As 401(k) balances continue to grow, advisers say it's crucial that employees are educated on how to effectively manage their portfolios.

Direct primary care can help restore access, trust and excellence in healthcare centered in prevention, powered by relationships and grounded in science.

Communication challenges will include personalizing benefit messaging to five generations working side by side, and designing affordable healthcare coverage.

Moving beyond transactions to position benefits as a prevention system doesn't just slow medical inflation; it builds healthier, more engaged and productive teams.

More thoughtful communication can help sell benefit plan participants on equitably sharing responsibilities, as the need for hyper-personalized messaging grows.

What brokers and advisers need to know about the institutional knowledge gap in plan operations — a fiduciary issue with real financial and legal consequences.

A two-phased strategy can help create cost-effective, employee-focused health plans while addressing unnecessary claims costs.

Benefit advisers appreciated collaborative conversations around delivering high-value, personalized benefits that resonate with employees' needs.

With retirement pressures mounting, Gen Xers and baby boomers are increasing IRA contributions in a bid to catch up, according to a new Fidelity study.

It's clear that employers are increasingly recognizing the value of providing time for employees to recharge and circumvent burnout.