Health and wellness

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.

To help employers contain costs, these advisers are revamping their healthcare supply chain.

Employers must take action to address the mental health among their employees.

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

These megadeals have the potential to restructure the industry and wring out some of its most egregious inefficiencies.

Incentives play key role in the overall success of emotional and financial wellness programs.

A $50 deduction was announced due to a change in the inflation adjustment calculations for 2018 under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Workers with a high-deductible health plan will be better off setting up a health savings account, which offers tax benefits for savings earmarked for future medical expenses.

As more employers move to self-insure, carriers are in search of new value propositions.

More are embracing the insurance model, as firms realize cost savings, plan flexibility and employee satisfaction that can manifest itself as soon as the first year after implementation.