Healthcare benefits

Employers should educate employees about self-care options, give them access to conservative therapies and address psychological factors to avoid the danger of addiction.

Employers moved to self-funded models, brokers embraced performance-based compensation and care delivery was increasingly tied to referenced-based pricing.

The U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped a clash over Houston’s practice of providing benefits to the same-sex spouses of city employees, leaving intact a Texas Supreme Court decision that calls the city’s policy into question.

There are several provisions in the upper chamber’s text that alter existing tax treatment, and experts predict those elements will win out in final law.

ABC president Jim Klein says legislators should act immediately to eliminate the ‘challenging’ compliance provision, and then repeal the ACA’s Cadillac tax.

Employees can schedule appointments and contact nurses when they’re expecting.

The deal is among the biggest healthcare mergers of the past decade, combining the largest U.S. drugstore chain with the third-biggest health insurer.

In addition to a charge for doctor’s services, patients are frequently asked to cover use of the hospital-owned clinic.

Firms such as Delta Air Lines, LinkedIn and Walmart are broadening their focus from physical health to multiple dimensions of well-being; and demonstrating that its value far exceeds healthcare cost savings alone.

Not all workplace perks are equal, but there are some that are extremely popular among employees, according to Glassdoor research.

With employees now seeking targeted, personalized options, employers should turn to solutions such as medical opinion and decision-support services.

Before advising employers to make significant plan adjustments, ask what their employees care about when selecting benefits.

Firms seeking high engagement in health plans should look at programs in their entirety and gauge the opinion of employees.

Renewal rates in 2017 exceed five-year average, suggest employees shouldering greater cost-shifting burden, according to UBA.

With employees now seeking targeted, personalized options, employers should turn to solutions such as medical opinion and decision support services.

Hours after House Republicans jubilantly passed their tax bill, their colleagues on the Senate Finance Committee approved a far different version – one that postpones difficult questions as lawmakers rush to refashion much of the U.S. economy on a tight deadline.

As lawmakers continue to develop major overhauls affecting employers, advocacy among benefits professionals has never been more important, says Hank Jackson.

House Republicans passed their version of legislation to overhaul the U.S. tax code by slashing the corporate tax rate, lowering tax burdens for most individuals and adding an estimated $1.4 trillion to the federal deficit over the next decade.

Firms seeking high engagement in health plans should look at programs in their entirety and gauge the opinion of employees.

Before employers put their plans on the chopping block, they should ask themselves what their employees care about when selecting benefits and if they are able to educate workers on the strategy.