10 common questions employees have about benefit options
To ensure customer success and retention, employers must be able to understand and provide answers to these inquiries, Zane Benefits explains.
Healthcare benefits
PBE Index levels, signs point to future growth
Over the past 12 months, the Private Benefit Exchange Index has seen significant gains.
Benefits Think Is PEPM a cost-effective method for accessing telehealth?
Some options are better at reducing the expense of such services than others, say Universal Health Advisors John Mickner and Tim Cummings.
John Mickner
Universal Health Advisors
Benefits Think How self-insured companies can avoid gigantic overcharges
Don’t be the next company to pay $700,000 for an ambulance ride.
Randy King
Healthcare Horizons
Employers passing rising healthcare costs onto employees
The average cost of employee healthcare makes up 7.6% of a company’s annual operating budget, SHRM finds.
PBE Index levels, signs point to future growth
Over the past 12 months, the Private Benefit Exchange Index has seen significant gains.
Meet Christine Durkee, EBN’s Benefits Professional of the Year
How BJ’s Wholesale Club’s vice president of human resources operations got 25,000 employees to get healthy, quit smoking and finally understand how their benefits work.
Benefits Think Does your wellness vendor adhere to a code of conduct?
Wellness vendors are completely unregulated and need to use a code of conduct to remain ethical, says Quizzify’s Al Lewis.
Al Lewis
Quizzify
Benefits Think 5 tips to overcome ACA reporting compliance challenges
For employers who implement the right solution to Affordable Care Act requirements, the benefits include reduced costs, improved accuracy and year-to-year repeatability.
Kim Buckey
DirectPath
Employers embrace autism benefit coverages
Therapies such as applied behavioral analytics are now provided in more programs, such as JPMorgan Chase’s offering.
Benefits Think How to help employees make smart decisions in a consumer-driven health plan
Employers must help workers understand each of the available plan types and the terms that are commonly used to describe them.
Stephanie Ward
Corporate Synergies
Benefits Think 6 ways employers can help employees pick the right healthcare benefits
Employers need to expand efforts on educating employees about healthcare savings, says Alegeus CEO Steve Auerbach.
Steve Auerbach
Alegeus
Benefits Think Single-payer system seems increasingly likely without political change
It’s not the presidential candidates who can have an impact on the consequences of health reform, but rather those on lower tickets, says adviser Vinnie Daboul.
Vinnie Daboul
Sage Benefit Advisers
Employers passing rising healthcare costs onto employees
The average cost of employee healthcare makes up 7.6% of a company’s annual operating budget, SHRM finds.
Benefits Think Is PEPM a cost-effective method for accessing telehealth?
Some options are better at reducing the expense of such services than others, say Universal Health Advisors John Mickner and Tim Cummings.
John Mickner
Universal Health Advisors
Employers embrace autism benefit coverages
Therapies such as applied behavioral analytics are now provided in more programs, such as JPMorgan Chase’s offering.
Why health insurance could cost employees a raise
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.
Benefits Think Is social media the best way to get employees engaged with benefits?
C-suite participation on networks like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter helps solve internal communication problems.
Dina A. Beck
Corporate Synergies
Benefits Think Why mental health programs in the workplace are good for business
HR execs need to lead by example, says consultant Erin McGinty
Erin McGinty
TriNet
Companies move toward self-insurance as healthcare rates increase
Employers are exploring new options such as self-insurance, which is expected to increase by 35% in two years.
