Benefits Think How to best engage employees in wellness programs
Incentives can help workers re-evaluate their fitness goals, says wellness director Gary Cassidy.
Gary Cassidy
Corporate Synergies
Healthcare benefits
Obamacare’s hungriest large market goes begging for attention
Small businesses have been clamoring for changes in the small policy health market for years, as costs and difficulty of insuring their workers topped the businesses’ list of concerns.
Benefits Think How urgent care trips are driving up employer costs
New research shows why — and how often — employees are making those costly visits.
Sandeep Acharya
One Medical Group
Employers split on impact of ACA repeal
Companies are taking a wait-and-see approach, the same one they took when the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010.
Benefits Think C-suite increasingly focused on mental health
Executives are gaining a deeper understanding of how conditions are affecting a company’s bottom line, and how to respond.
Sean Fogarty
CuraLinc Healthcare
Private Benefit Exchange Index ready to rise
The PBE Index is unchanged from last month, but operators expect to report increased numbers next month after they’ve tallied the results of the year-end open enrollment period.
Complex health plan options overwhelm employees
American workers are often unprepared to take an active role in their healthcare decisions.
Uncertainty complicates addressing mental health issues
A new study finds that while employers offer these benefits, many don’t understand the scope in their workforce.
Private Benefit Exchange Index ready to rise
The PBE Index is unchanged from last month, but operators expect to report increased numbers next month after they’ve tallied the results of the year-end open enrollment period.
Complex health plan options overwhelm employees
American workers are often unprepared to take an active role in their healthcare decisions.
Blackstone to acquire Aon’s benefits unit
Aon signs definitive agreement to sell benefits administration and HR business process outsourcing platform to investment firm Blackstone.
What Price’s appointment means for employers
Benefits industry experts are urging the new Health and Human Services secretary not to repeal the Affordable Care Act without a definitive plan for what will replace it.
Benefits Think Why employers might want to rethink HDHPs
High-deductible health plans may cut plan-sponsor costs, but covered employees are balking at spending their money on tests and other care they need.
Mark Stadler
BridgeHealth
Benefit groups call for suspension of health plan reporting requirements
The American Benefits Council and the National Coalition on Benefits is urging the White House to eliminate reporting provisions under the ACA.
Benefits Think When open enrollment ends, what should employers do next?
Continuing to educate and communicate with employees throughout the year can help control the overwhelming feeling of making benefit selections in the future. Here’s how employers can do it.
Begonya Klumb
UMB Healthcare Services
Benefit groups call for suspension of health plan reporting requirements
The American Benefits Council and the National Coalition on Benefits is urging the White House to eliminate reporting provisions under the ACA.
Benefits Think What a tupelo branch can teach us about healthcare consumerism
A minor emergency left one benefit consultant considering how to keep costs down.
Zack Pace
CBIZ
Benefits Think When is a generic not a generic?
It’s almost a guarantee that employers will see increasing pharmacy costs even when the plan is negotiated and managed properly. That’s why it’s important to review PBM contracts carefully.
John Crable
Corporate Synergies
Benefits Think How private exchanges increase employee engagement
Recommendation tools are not only helping workers choose more appropriate health plans, they are also educating them as to the value of their benefits, says Willis Towers Watson’s Rob Harkins.
Rob Harkins
Willis Towers Watson
Benefits Think It is time to negotiate air ambulance charges
For most payers and self-funded employer plans, air ambulance flights an out-of-network charge that can be staggering.
Randy King
Healthcare Horizons