Health and wellness

With pet ownership on the rise, more companies are implementing policies that allow workers’ four-legged friends in the office. But before formalizing a pet-friendly workplace policy, HR leaders need to consider the pros and cons that go along with it.

Up-and-coming tech company, Medxoom, pilots its first mobile app designed to pay medical bills, manage plan costs and monitor HSA funding.

Changes to the ACA and a range of other laws and regulations affecting health benefits could be imminent.

Employees can’t be paid to get healthy and they can’t be incentivized to participate in a plan if they don’t understand why they are doing it.

A little bit of negotiation and understanding of how carrier formulas work can go a long way in helping employers prepare for rate increases.

Significant variances between the two delivery models include an employee’s level of ongoing relationship with the same physician over time.

Benefit managers are painting well-being programs with a wider brush as strategies further incorporate wealth and emotional components.

In the past 15 years, healthcare has consumed a larger portion of dollars while the amount spent on retirement programs is on the decline.

Benefit managers are painting well-being programs with a wider brush as strategies further incorporate wealth and emotional components.

Grand Rounds algorithm is credited with combating misdiagnoses and improving healthcare literacy for companies.

The bipartisan plan could provide relief to small and medium-sized businesses with respect to the employer mandate, but does little to reduce headaches of larger firms.

The bipartisan plan could provide relief to small and medium-sized businesses with respect to the employer mandate, but does little to reduce headaches of larger firms.

The staffing firm’s on-site counselors have helped employees decrease their healthcare spend and increase productivity.

New retirees are often anxious about spending to much, depriving themselves of some comforts of life for fear of outliving their nest egg.

New retirees are often anxious about spending to much, depriving themselves of some comforts of life for fear of outliving their nest egg.

Employees can’t be paid to get healthy and they can’t be incentivized to participate in a plan if they don’t understand why they are doing it.

President Donald Trump slammed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Twitter for the second day in a row Thursday over the failure of Congress to overhaul the nation’s healthcare system

With an anticipated 5% increase in benefits costs, companies are looking to revamp strategies and encourage programs that empower workers to be savvy healthcare consumers.

The total out-of-pocket health care expenses of a 65-year-old couple in retirement could exceed $320,000, plus 5% annual increases.

Companies should evaluate potential changes to benefits if the employer mandate is repealed and consider high-deductible plan options, among other steps.