Tech innovator spotlight: Mike Levin
As co-founder and CEO of Vericred, Levin’s vision is to create a centralized, continuously verified, database of health provider information.
Healthcare benefits
Choice Hotels launches financial wellness program
The hospitality company surveyed workers and found stress about money was a top concern, particularly for millennial employees.
Perceived barriers keep small businesses from offering benefits
From the time it takes to administer programs to their supposed lack of value, small organizations shouldn’t let these benefits misconceptions get in the way of offering robust plans, says MetLife’s Jimbo Story.
Cancer ‘complex and intimidating’ for benefit professionals
Despite increasing concern over cancer costs and care, there are gaps in employee coverage and support, finds new research from the Northeast Business Group on Health.
Opioid epidemic hitting employers’ bottom line
Plan sponsors look to implement health and pharmacy benefit programs that address painkiller addiction and abuse.
Mercer launches ‘HR on demand’ service for small business
The product fills a gap for organizations without dedicated benefits staff, says Mercer partner Jo-Anne Bloch.
Benefits Think Why employers should integrate retirement, healthcare planning
The common rationales for separating them into silos are no longer applicable, according to Eric Helman of Hodges-Mace.
Eric Helman
Hodges-Mace
Workers ill-prepared to managed CDHPs
Employees lack tools, and education, leaving them poorly equipped to manage high-deductible plans, says Alegeus executive John Park.
Cancer ‘complex and intimidating’ for benefit professionals
Despite increasing concern over cancer costs and care, there are gaps in employee coverage and support, finds new research from the Northeast Business Group on Health.
Benefits Think Why advisers should integrate retirement and healthcare planning
The three most common rationales for keeping them separate are all wrong, says benefit services expert Eric Helman
Eric Helman
Hodges-Mace
How prepared are employees to manage CDHPs?
Workers lack tools and education, leaving them poorly equipped to manage high deductibles and multiple plan choices, says Alegeus executive.
Holistic healthcare plans growing rapidly
New medical plans promote primary care and health counseling in an effort to lower employers costs.
PPO deductibles found to be just as high as HDHP minimums
While few mid-size employers offer high-deductible plans, in some cases preferred-provider-organization plans carry deductibles high enough to qualify them as HDHPs, according to new research.
Benefits Think Why employers should boost dental benefits enrollment
There is new evidence that more closely ties periodontitis, better known as gum disease, to heart attacks and stroke.
Brian Baker
Corporate Synergies
Advisers take note: Holistic healthcare is catching fire
New medical plans promote primary care and health counseling in an effort to lower medical costs.
Benefits Think Tech company works with insurers to reinvent benefits delivery
Vinay Gidwaney, chief product officer and co-founder of Maxwell Health, speaks about the company’s vision for a subscription-style benefits delivery model.
Andrea Davis
Employee Benefit News
Tech innovator spotlight: Dr. Rajaie Batniji
As co-founder and chief health officer of Collective Health, Batniji’s goal is to create a better benefits experience for employees and plan sponsors alike.
Advisers finding ways to help clients cut benefit costs and still attract top talent
Many working with employers to create packages of inexpensive perks, such as generous maternity leaves and sabbaticals, that target millennials.
Tech innovator spotlight: Dr. Rajaie Batniji
As co-founder and chief health officer of Collective Health, Batniji’s goal is to create a better benefits experience for employees and plan sponsors alike.
Benefits Think How to create an on-site health center employees will love
Quality, scope of services should be prime considerations for employers looking to open worksite clinics.
Sandeep Acharya
One Medical Group