High tech to high touch: Taking aim at Type 2 diabetes with virtual coaches
How Purdue University’s Candace Shaffer, EBN’s Benefits Leadership in Healthcare winner, tackled chronic diseases.
Healthcare benefits
Benefits Think Advisers must know details of self-funding plans
As these offerings become more popular among small and midsize businesses, brokers need to know the details of these plans.
John Schaefer
Cigna Health and Life Insurance
Benefits Think The days of employers ignoring the opioid crisis are over
Management must realize that their workplace is not spared by the national epidemic of painkiller abuse. Here are steps to reduce their employees’ risk and loss of productivity.
Cory Panning
Findley
How the best banks to work for get healthcare right
From on-site clinics to 24-hour access to doctors, many of the leading financial institutions provide unique health benefits to employees.
Alvin Healthcare-Tango Card partner to reward telehealth visits
The prepaid card that unlocks access to Teladoc specialists and nurses is seen as talent-management tool and latest in a series of partnerships and acquisitions to raise telemedicine’s profile.
Exclusive Research Employers play catch up ahead of open enrollment season
Working with employers to fine-tune communications plans can help ensure open enrollment success.
Benefits Think How clients can help curb healthcare costs during open enrollment
Benefits managers should start by making sense of big data and helping employees understand their options. The savings will follow.
Rebecca Madsen
UnitedHealthcare
EBN’s 2018 Benefits Professional of the Year is …
Employee Benefit News has named the winners of its four Benny Awards, which recognize individuals for excellence in the employee benefits/human resources field.
Benefits Think Mental health issues impacting millennials, baby boomers and just about everyone, new research shows
Mental health is a growing concern that cuts across all generations in the U.S. workforce, which is increasingly impacting corporate healthcare plans, according to AP Benefit Advisors data.
Tom Rosenbaum
AP Benefit Advisors
Benefits Think How employers can help curb healthcare costs during open enrollment
Benefits managers should start by making sense of big data and helping employees understand their options. The savings will follow.
Rebecca Madsen
UnitedHealthcare
22 health benefits on the rise
Telemedicine, employee assistance programs and nutrition counseling are among the offerings that have increased in popularity, according to a new report from Korn Ferry and WorldatWork.
7 questions employers should ask when preparing for wellness
Limeade expert reveals what companies should consider when they are ready to begin a well-being program.
Benefits Think Will the rebate bubble burst?
A system without rebates would require significant fundamental change to the foundational economics of the drug ecosystem.
Scott Vogel
Confidio
Number of employers offering health coverage swings higher after long decline
Nearly half of private-sector companies offered workplace insurance in 2017, up for the first time since 2008, according to EBRI research.
HR’s summer reading list: 14 must-read books
Looking for a way to close out your summer days beachside with some smart reading? EBA has you covered with a list of top books recommended by industry insiders.
Number of employers offering health coverage swings higher after long decline
Nearly half of private-sector companies offered workplace insurance in 2017, up for the first time since 2008, according to EBRI research.
Employers improve cancer benefits, but offerings go underutilized
A new guide from NEBGH says communication and mental healthcare are key in streamlining cancer care benefits.
11 benefits that tempt workers to leave
Employees say they are likely to move to a new employer for perks such as flexible schedules, bonuses and paid leave.
Benefits Think In the wake of the healthcare M&A craze, consumers await changes
The recent uptick in mergers is a response to the demand for better technology and increased efficiency.
Steve Auerbach
Alegeus
Your office doctor is getting a big push from private investors
About 33% of companies with more than 5,000 employees offer clinics on or near their work sites, up from 24% five years ago.
