Employee benefits

Employers are increasingly adopting reference based pricing and reimbursements as a way to more effectively determine and control health costs.

Although market volatility makes stocks a risky investment option, retirement investors should continue to hold stocks in their portfolio.

The Obama administration’s top health official highlighted the importance of competition to insurance markets, as the Justice Department is poised to decide on two massive deals among four of the health-plan industry’s biggest players.

Are employees substituting professional diagnoses for quicker and cheaper results at the risk of their health?

The company’s new “Preferred Partnership” arrangement with a select network of local providers aims for cost savings and a superior patient experience.

Clients and their family members looking into assisted-living options should avoid making the decision at the last minute, particularly when a health crisis occurs.

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In a tough economic climate, Baltimore’s Gilman School went the extra mile to prepare its employees for retirement and buying a first home.

Advisers and plan sponsors must follow a diligent routine to avoid losing the farm, says columnist John Ludwig, who shares 3 mid-year duties to consider.

Many Americans aren’t using all of their time off, taking a long-term toll on performance.

Plan sponsors can benefit from the firm’s new FidelityConnect website, which provides a snapshot of every corporate retirement plan that is recordkept by Fidelity.

Perhaps stymied by industry terminology, many employers are still reluctant to adopt such platforms, Liazon survey finds.

Obama's Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces final rule is currently on track for publication, possibly as soon as August 2016, and is likely to be implemented before the end of the year, absent intervention from the legislature or judiciary.

Although active investment strategies remain popular, passive investment options are attracting retirement planners with lower fees and by beating benchmarks.

In the pursuit of reduced workplace anxiety, firms are weighing just how to deliver corporate-based serenity.

If Starbucks and JPMorgan are getting the workers they need by raising wages, who ends up losing? The same group that lost out last time: small businesses, says New River Investments' Connor Sen.

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the largest U.S. pension fund, named Marcie Frost, 51, as its new chief executive officer.

Employers and advisers who still hew to a paper-based processing system incur costly errors, wasted staff time and poor healthcare decisions.

Employers are embracing the workplace perk for several reasons, including employee retention, says Tuition.io founder and CEO Brendon McQueen.

Moving to a private benefit exchange was a bumpy road for TMX Finance, parent company of TitleMax.