Health and wellness

Acknowledging the reality of an aging U.S. population, some benefit executives are stepping up efforts to help employees caring for older relatives.

The Georgia-based health network decreased year-over-year spend by 15.3% while also lowering healthcare costs paid by employees.

The Trump administration will let employers opt out of providing health plans that cover birth control, weakening a requirement put in place by the ACA as part of a wider push to expand religious freedom.

Employers should offer incentives to get employees to participate, create a healthy culture at work and properly communicate offerings to workers, among other guidelines.

Employers can motivate their workers to exercise with team competitions, discounted gym memberships and health-focused rewards.

Nearly two-thirds of future and recent retirees are worried there will be cuts to the program under the Trump administration. And an even greater percentage think that it needs to change.

Employers should educate employees about the dangers of abuse and work with EAPs and disability carriers to help at-risk workers who need proper treatment.

Firms with fewer than 125 workers must proceed with caution when establishing a medical coverage plan, warns Zack Pace.

Many legislators are moving ahead with initiatives affecting employee benefits in their communities, such as equal pay laws and healthcare reform

The Georgia-based health network decreased year-over-year spend by 15.3% while also lowering healthcare costs paid by employees.

There are five key attributes that make a successful combination of high-tech and high-touch actions to drive beneficial health and cost-saving decisions.

Firms with fewer than 125 workers must proceed with caution when establishing a medical coverage plan, warns Zack Pace.

Many legislators are moving ahead with initiatives affecting employee benefits in their communities, such as equal pay laws and healthcare reform

In addition to being triple tax-free, health savings accounts can make a significant difference for workers’ retirement planning.

Employers should increase the use of key preventive care services, offer a variety of tools and identify the conditions and employees that cost the organization the most.

Industry experts weigh in on a range of pain points facing employees, such as managing student debt, and the products that are designed to address them.

In the wake of the GOP’s latest failure to pass health reform, Big ‘I,’ NAIFA, NAHU and others target repeal of Cadillac tax, increasing use of HSAs.

Employers should increase the use of key preventive care services, offer a variety of tools and identify the conditions and employees that cost the organization the most.

Employers can motivate their workers to exercise with team competitions, discounted gym memberships and health-focused rewards.

Industry experts weigh in on a range of pain points facing employees, such as managing student debt, and the products that are designed to address them.