Health and wellness

Rather than focus attention — and dollars — on getting workers fit, employers are beginning to zero in on helping them manage chronic illness.

By not prioritizing the use of pharmacy benefit management drug rebates, the administration is hurting companies, who shoulder the burden of rising costs by all stakeholders in the supply chain.

In a national plan, employers are pooled together to purchase stop-loss insurance. Companies pay smaller day-to-day claims as they come, but enjoy greater protection against catastrophic claims as well as the purchasing power of a large group.

The deal gives the digital health company additional resources to address the needs of employees with chronic health conditions.

At the event in Washington DC, benefit brokers learned new, innovative ways to reduce healthcare costs for their employer clients.

Much like stop-loss coverage, advisers can use telehealth services to help clients make the leap to becoming self-insured.

The deal gives the digital health company additional resources to address the needs of employees with chronic health conditions.

Providing telehealth visits and offering workers a personal advocate to transfer medical records or schedule appointments are among the strategies employers should consider.

You’re not out of luck — for smaller, self-insured organizations, near-site healthcare is an affordable, scalable option.

The president will propose a sweeping effort to bring down U.S. drug prices in a plan to make good on a campaign promise.

Still seeking to repeal elements of the healthcare law, doing away with the Cadillac tax and the MLR tops the IIABA’s legislative agenda.

After the advocacy group that represents older Americans challenged the EEOC’s wellness regulations, employers must take a hard look at how they want to proceed with their programs.

Providing telehealth visits and offering workers a personal advocate to transfer medical records or schedule appointments are among the strategies employers should consider.

Still seeking to repeal elements of the healthcare law, doing away with the Cadillac Tax and the MLR tops the IIABA’s legislative agenda.

Workers, who continue to see their health costs increase annually, are “basically saying enough is enough” when it comes to paying more for medical offerings, Willis Towers Watson research finds.

Prodding employers into insuring themselves has important benefits—and major drawbacks.

The price of prescriptions has skyrocketed and the industry needs to address matters sooner rather than later.

The price of prescriptions has skyrocketed and the industry needs to address matters sooner rather than later.

Amazon, JPMC and Berkshire Hathaway and other large employers have put the healthcare industry on notice but what does this mean for employee benefit advisers?

Mental health programs are a fine start but psychoeducation could help workers identify and deal with depression and anxiety.