Mercer, Accolade collaborate on new healthcare advocacy platform
Employer-sponsored Mercer Complete Care helps employees manage individual, family health plans, benefits.
Healthcare benefits
Employees are still unprepared for increasing healthcare responsibilities
Unfamiliar jargon and lack of experience have left workers confused about how to manage their benefits and medical bills.
Benefits Think Make America’s healthcare great again
The system in America today is not sustainable; we can do better through improved transparency and quality, says adviser Mark Gaunya, who provides 10 operating principles.
Mark Gaunya
Borislow Insurance
Changing healthcare from healing the sick to maintaining the healthy
In an attempt to counter expensive medical claims, some employers are requiring mandatory doctor visits regardless of health quality.
Online tools increasingly important in healthcare market
Employees are turning to their smartphone for on-demand and flexible information about their benefits, a Keenan survey finds.
Employees underwhelmed with wellness plans
Health benefits and well-being plans are crucial to retaining top talent, but many workers feel employers don’t view it as a priority.
Benefits Think The next innovation in controlling healthcare costs
Employers are increasingly adopting reference based pricing and reimbursements as a way to more effectively determine and control health costs.
Bruce F. Barr
Corporate Synergies
Employees are still unprepared for increasing healthcare responsibilities
Unfamiliar jargon and lack of experience have left workers confused about how to manage their benefits and medical bills.
Small employers dropping health benefits
Post-ACA, more and more small companies have stopped offering insurance for employees.
Online tools increasingly important in healthcare market
Employees are turning to their smartphone for on-demand and flexible information about their benefits, a Keenan survey finds.
Employees underwhelmed with wellness plans
Health benefits and well-being plans are crucial to retaining top talent, but many workers feel employers don’t view it as a priority.
Benefits Think 3 reasons primary care should be part of your benefits strategy
Employers are starting to catch on to its importance, especially as they roll out programs like HDHPs, wellness coaching, price transparency, EAPs and second opinion services.
Sandeep Acharya
One Medical Group
Benefits Think Make America’s healthcare great again
The system in America today is not sustainable; we can do better through improved transparency and quality, says adviser Mark Gaunya, who provides 10 operating principles.
Mark Gaunya
Borislow Insurance
PBE Index grows as Starbucks moves to exchange
The java giant joins Darden Restaurants, Sears, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Walgreen and others transitioning benefits distribution to online platforms.
PBE Index grows as Starbucks moves to exchange
The java giant joins Darden Restaurants, Sears, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Walgreen and others transitioning benefits distribution to online platforms.
Benefits Think Tech tools vital for HR success
As the benefits landscape becomes more regulated, complex and costly, the right technology can set the course for accomplishment.
Jessica Lynn Campbell
Web Benefits Design
Wellness programs need personalization, employees say
Employers can increase historically low engagement by tailoring program structure and motivation techniques to individual employees.
Zenefits settles with Tennessee over unlicensed health insurance sales
Zenefits reached its first settlement with a state government over its use of unlicensed health insurance brokers, an issue that prompted investigations in at least three other states and led its founding chief executive officer to resign this year.
Benefits Think Tech tools vital for HR success
As the human resources landscape becomes more regulated, complex and costly, employers need to set up their department for success by providing them with the right technology.
Jessica Lynn Campbell
Web Benefits Design
How (and why) some employers are stepping up support for working caregivers
A portal like Boston-based torchlight can aid employees pressed for time and resources when caring for a family member.
