Health and wellness

HealthEquity explains how the Consolidated Appropriations Act will affect plan participants in 2021.

The company is working to identify programs run by people in underrepresented communities.

Wolverine Worldwide, SAP and Progressive have all added to or expanded their benefits to provide employees with pet-specific programs.

Working parents need more child care solutions in 2021. One benefit company is making on-demand virtual child care an accessible option.

Employees can contribute more fully to the organization when they have a better understanding of its goals and challenges.

Even as we overcome COVID-19, the rise of mental health conditions and non-communicable diseases is reshaping households, companies and countries.

Unlike private health insurance, Part D drug plans have no cap on patients’ 5% coinsurance costs once they hit $6,550 in drug spending, which forces patients to rely on financial assistance programs. These arrangements, however, do nothing to reduce drug prices.

By enabling employee access to vaccines, employers can help end this pandemic more quickly.

Although it shows promise for reducing unnecessary healthcare spending and costs, and for improving decision making without adverse effects on clinical outcomes, shared decision making adoption has not been widespread.

The large self-insured healthcare provider network added new regions and partnered with programs to help consumers cope with quarantine challenges.

HR pros and benefit professionals shared their thoughts and advice on everything from mental health benefits to stimulus checks.

It is critically important that leaders recognize and find creative ways to overcome the not-so-virtual burnout to engage effectively with colleagues and customers, while also remaining productive.

More than 60% of employees plan to work during the holidays because of COVID-19 anxieties, which will lead to burnout.

During times of social change, there is the potential for people to be exposed to events that register in a person’s brain and body as trauma. The negative affects can accumulate and have an impact on a person's work and well-being.

The pandemic forced many companies to allow employees to work from home, which created new challenges for employers and their workforce.

Corporate catering provider ZeroCater launched a new personalized digital cafeteria to provide healthy meal options for remote employees and other essential workers.

From nutritional programs to maternity care and transgender benefits, employers and benefit providers got creative with one of the most essential benefit offerings.

Fortunately, there’s a silver lining to this year’s unprecedented demand for mental healthcare: increased awareness and acceptance of mental health issues, even in the workplace. But, there’s more we can do.

EAPs, yoga and meditation classes and access to free therapy are all ways to help your employees combat stress and anxiety from the on-going pandemic.