Health and wellness

As Arianna Huffington's workplace wellness program enters a crowded industry, with its quit-smoking incentives and step challenges, Thrive intends to go beyond the usual offerings to focus on "the mental aspects of our lives, what's happening in our heads."

The average cost of employee healthcare makes up 7.6% of a company’s annual operating budget, SHRM finds.

Over the past 12 months, the Private Benefit Exchange Index has seen significant gains.

Wellness vendors are completely unregulated and need to use a code of conduct to remain ethical, says Quizzify’s Al Lewis.

For employers who implement the right solution to Affordable Care Act requirements, the benefits include reduced costs, improved accuracy and year-to-year repeatability.

Therapies such as applied behavioral analytics are now provided in more programs, such as JPMorgan Chase’s offering.

A partnership with Dave Ramsey’s Smart Dollar program helps the bank focus on financial wellness.

Employers must help workers understand each of the available plan types and the terms that are commonly used to describe them.

The senior wellness consultant at EPIC shows clients that it’s about much more than lip service.

Change likely due to ACA, United Benefit Advisors research finds.

Employers need to expand efforts on educating employees about healthcare savings, says Alegeus CEO Steve Auerbach.

Change likely due to ACA, United Benefit Advisors research finds.

The U.S. healthcare market is shifting, and the Pacific Business Group on Health wants to serve as a resource for employers on changing payment models.

The average cost of employee healthcare makes up 7.6% of a company’s annual operating budget, SHRM finds.

Therapies such as applied behavioral analytics are now provided in more programs, such as JPMorgan Chase’s offering.

Bernard Health founder Alex Tolbert talks to EBN about why healthcare costs continue to escalate and how those increases are impacting employees’ wage and salary increases.

The employee assistance program industry is changing as employees are expected to increasingly blend work and home life, says ACI Specialty Benefits’ Erin Krehbiel

Roughly a third of American workers don’t have a retirement vehicle, says Labor Secretary Thomas Perez.

Roughly a third of American workers don’t have a retirement vehicle, says Labor Secretary Thomas Perez.

HR execs need to lead by example, says consultant Erin McGinty