Health and wellness

In the face of specialty drug cost increases, drug chain has created a program to help its sickest customers.

Employers should customize messaging to employees, partner with vendors, and not shy away from talking about cost, explains benefits consultant Joshua Meyer.

SHRM’s Chatrane Birbal says organizations can push for a greater use of alternative therapies and telemedicine services in rural areas to deal with workers struggling with an addiction to painkillers.

Plans covering expensive prescriptions can now offer employees a kit designed to determine if the drugs they are taking are really helping or hurting them and propose alternatives.

Sen. Tom Cotton has what he calls a "modest proposal" for the tax legislation that House Republicans are poised to release on Wednesday.

Benefits professionals can educate workers about the value of another reference with on-site information sessions, communications through newsletters and printed handouts.

Benefits professionals can educate workers about the value of another reference with on-site information sessions, communications through newsletters and printed handouts.

In the face of specialty drug cost increases, drug chain has created a program to help its sickest customers.

SHRM’s Chatrane Birbal says organizations can push for a greater use of alternative therapies and telemedicine services in rural areas to deal with workers struggling with an addiction to painkiller.

The prospect of the giant Internet retailer entering the healthcare business is beginning to cause far-reaching reverberations for a range of companies.

Executive action allows for expanded access to telemedicine services, including remote prescribing of medicine commonly used for substance abuse or mental health treatment.

In response to Alexander-Murray compromise, administration reportedly looking to expand HSAs and association insurance programs.

In response to Alexander-Murray compromise, administration reportedly looking to expand HSAs and association insurance programs.

The company is working with employers to combat rising healthcare costs while developing better treatments.

A federal judge rejected a bid to temporarily block the White House from ending so-called cost-sharing reduction payments to health insurers under the Affordable Care Act.

Employees choose between three hospital systems in the tristate area for lower payroll deductions and more consolidated care.

From CSR payments to HRA funding, proposed reform’s impact on employees may be truly disruptive to advisers by changing focus from insurance sales to financial planning.

Senator Orrin Hatch and Congressman Kevin Brady, top Republican lawmakers, unveiled a new proposal to shore up the Affordable Care Act.

Employers cite managing this category of drugs as their top expense-containment strategy for the coming plan year.

City employees and their dependents can now get sex reassignment surgery as part of their medical plan.