Employers, insurers work to knock down barriers to telemedicine
Telemedicine is an effective option for patients who have trouble getting to the doctor’s office, but complex state laws make it difficult to provide service to everyone.
Healthcare benefits
Benefits Think Employees face ‘ridiculous’ price swings in healthcare choices
With absurd price disparities in healthcare costs, smart employers are refusing to accept disgraceful aspects of the benefits and healthcare status quo.
UnitedHealth bought pharmacy company Avella to build Optum unit
The Avella acquisition came in the same quarter that UnitedHealth purchased Genoa Healthcare, a behavioral pharmacy chain, for about $2.5 billion.
2018 Top Women in Benefit Advising
Industry leaders whose unique client management strategies, innovative data manipulation and other industry-leading skills are transforming the field.
Employees don’t understand basic insurance terms. Here’s how employers can help
Consumers are still not fluent in simple financial concepts, which may lead them to spend more out of pocket on healthcare.
Employers’ solution to rising health costs: Make employees foot the bill
Family premium costs rose 5% this year, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, with workers contributing more toward the coverage, despite stagnant wages.
Benefits Think A golden era for benefits
When I first started covering the benefits industry in 2011, there was plenty to write about, and much of the focus involved gloom and doom forecasts over the newly enacted Affordable Care Act. How times have changed.
Kathryn Mayer
Employee Benefit News
Employees don’t understand basic insurance terms. Here’s how advisers can help
Consumers are still not fluent in simple financial concepts, which may lead them to spend more out of pocket on healthcare.
Employers, insurers work to knock down barriers to telemedicine
Telemedicine is an effective option for patients who have trouble getting to the doctor’s office, but complex state laws make it difficult to provide service to everyone.
Insurance marketplace puts the ‘Gravie’ on top of health benefits
An update on the health insurance marketplace aims to ease the burden of enrollment for small businesses.
Why aren’t employees getting raises? Blame healthcare costs
As insurance costs rise and wages remain unchanged, some employees are noticing the drain on their take-home pay.
Benefits Think The right benefits can drive employee retention
While loyalty and engagement is a complex matter, employers must find the right balance of perks that workers want and will use.
Chris Bruce
Thomsons Online Benefits
Why aren’t employees getting raises? Blame healthcare costs
As insurance costs rise and wages remain unchanged, some employees are noticing the drain on their take-home pay.
Insurance marketplace puts the ‘Gravie’ on top of health benefits
An update on the health insurance marketplace aims to ease the burden of enrollment for small businesses.
Time to kill annual performance reviews — and 14 other takeaways from the Benefits Forum & Expo
EBN and EBA’s annual conference delved deep into hot benefit trends, employer strategies and employee engagement.
Benefits Think Are you ready for self-funding? Three tools to help you decide
When considering the insurance model, employers should do their due diligence and have documentation supporting the decision they’ve reached.
Raymond DePaola
Corporate Synergies
Overheard at BFE18: Top 11 tweets from the Benefits Forum & Expo
Social influencers shared moments from EBN and EBA’s annual conference, where employers like Activision Blizzard and Walmart talked about how they’re approaching their benefits strategies.
Time to kill annual performance reviews — and 14 other takeaways from the Benefits Forum & Expo
EBN and EBA’s annual conference delved deep into hot benefit trends, employer strategies and employee engagement.
Benefits Think Severance plans, Part 2: How savvy employers prevent COBRA issues
When designing and administering a severance arrangement, employers can take definitive steps to ensure that the arrangement is compliant.
Sheila Ninneman
Findley
Benefits Think Orphan drugs represent the worst and best of our healthcare system
The outrageous prices for exclusive medications are crippling our health plans and terrorizing families in pain.
Craig Hasday
Frenkel Benefits