Health and wellness

With mergers such as CVS and Aetna as well as Optum and DaVita Medical in motion, business owners fear the deals may impact health plan strategies, Aon finds.

Compliance expert Dan Kuperstein sounds off on how the regulations work, how it affects companies and what businesses should do next.`

Patients are four times more likely to choose experienced clinicians over convenient locations when given compelling information and messaging.

With mergers such as CVS and Aetna as well as Optum and DaVita Medical in motion, business owners fear the deals may impact health plan strategies, Aon finds.

Tax-free withdrawals could outweigh an employer's match if early withdrawals are made for expenses like healthcare.

Companies can help workers succeed in their personal goals with the aid of easy-to-use tools, incentives and digital communications.

Compliance expert Dan Kuperstein sounds off on how the regulations work, how it affects companies and what businesses should do next.`

For agents, the days of identifying, offering and then helping clients select from a handful of broad-based options are in the rearview mirror.

Benefit advisers are open to small employer clients embracing new association health plans, but some may shy away from them for fear of losing commissions.

CVS Health and Aetna were both talking to other potential partners during early discussions that led to their $68 billion merger.

Proposal would allow some employers to band together and purchase association health plans.

A federal court ruled in AARP v. EEOC that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission must rewrite its definition of voluntary when it comes to well-being programs. Here’s what employers need to know.

Benefit advisers and employers need to take aim at physicians overprescribing pain meds and the insurance carriers who look the other way.

Employers can expect participation to continue growing thanks to employee demand and the use of better data and online enrollment, according to Eastbridge Consulting research.

Telehealth will tackle behavioral health, second opinions for cancer and more, says Teladoc’s Dan Trencher.

A federal court ruled in AARP v. EEOC that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission must rewrite its definition of voluntary when it comes to well-being programs. Here’s what employers need to know.

Employers should work to prevent the spread of illness in the office by offering shots at on-site locations and dispelling common misconceptions about the vaccine.

Leading advisers are able to reduce the cost of employee healthcare by taking a vested interest in the quality and expense of medical treatment.

Advisers can expect participation to continue growing thanks to employee demand and the use of better data and online enrollment, according to Eastbridge Consulting research.

Patients are four times more likely to choose experienced clinicians over convenient locations when given compelling information and messaging.