Healthcare benefits

Regardless of policy outcome, employers and benefit consultants must continue to apply innovative and creative strategies for employee benefits, says Hodges-Mace’s Eric Helman.

For the past five years, Chicago has kept its healthcare bill for employees and retirees roughly flat, at about $450 million a year. And reflected in this success are reforms that hold much promise for the future.

All the noise surrounding the ACA may be hiding the fire that is also burning in the employer healthcare market, says HR Technology Advisors’ Joe Markland.

Aetna's attempt to assuage U.S. antitrust concerns over its $37 billion takeover of Humana by selling assets to a smaller company landed with a resounding thud.

Emotional intelligence training benefits employees in financial, mental wellbeing, experts say.

An examination of benefit policies and the travails of a disruptive technology upstart caught the attention of the Employee Benefit Adviser audience in a roller-coaster election year.

Employees are five times more likely to purchase a product recommended by software than not.

Emotional intelligence training benefits employees in financial, mental well-being, experts say.

Enrollment in hospital indemnity, critical illness and accident products can impact the ability of an individual enrolled in a qualified HDHP plan to contribute to a health savings account.

Tom Price’s nomination has employers hoping the Trump administration will give a “thoughtful relook” to healthcare reform that focuses on cost.

Strategic use of data is the next frontier for savvy employers to more accurately zero in on how to best spend healthcare benefit dollars, says Businessolver’s Rae Shanahan.

The sense among some industry experts is that the private exchange market is ripe for even more growth.

Tom Price’s nomination has employers hoping the Trump administration will give a “thoughtful relook” to healthcare reform that focuses on cost.

President-elect Donald Trump said he’ll nominate U.S. Representative Tom Price, one of the main architects of legislation to repeal and replace the ACA, to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

The sense among some industry experts is that the private exchange market is ripe for even more growth.

Employees are five times more likely to purchase a product recommended by software than not.

Proponents say the alternative approach to healthcare levels the playing field for mid-market employers.

Even though an employer health plan may entitle workers to some free services, including vaccines and cancer screenings, many are in the dark about what’s available to them.