Healthcare benefits

New York state has reopened the window for people to file claims. The deadline is now Sept. 11, 2018.

Employers should work with vendors, attorneys to amend their product menu before regulations come into effect, says benefits consultant Zack Pace.

As premiums increase and employers rework benefit offerings, understanding regional health costs could play a key role in strategy going forward. Wallethub has put together a list of states with the worst healthcare.

Through innovative partnerships with providers and carriers and by listening to clients with a nurse’s touch, our 2016 Employee Benefit Adviser of the Year, Gayle McCann, has grown North Risk Partners into a true Minnesota powerhouse.

Combining voluntary with major medical offerings in today’s self-service technology environment allows brokers to improve participation.

The industry’s best benefits professionals help us realize there’s more to the business than talking regulatory matters or embracing the latest technology; it’s about how to best serve employees.

To ensure customer success and retention, employers must be able to understand and provide answers to these inquiries, Zane Benefits explains.

Over the past 12 months, the Private Benefit Exchange Index has seen significant gains.

Some options are better at reducing the expense of such services than others, say Universal Health Advisors John Mickner and Tim Cummings.

Don’t be the next company to pay $700,000 for an ambulance ride.

The average cost of employee healthcare makes up 7.6% of a company’s annual operating budget, SHRM finds.

Over the past 12 months, the Private Benefit Exchange Index has seen significant gains.

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.

Wellness vendors are completely unregulated and need to use a code of conduct to remain ethical, says Quizzify’s Al Lewis.

For employers who implement the right solution to Affordable Care Act requirements, the benefits include reduced costs, improved accuracy and year-to-year repeatability.

Therapies such as applied behavioral analytics are now provided in more programs, such as JPMorgan Chase’s offering.

Employers must help workers understand each of the available plan types and the terms that are commonly used to describe them.

Employers need to expand efforts on educating employees about healthcare savings, says Alegeus CEO Steve Auerbach.

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.

The average cost of employee healthcare makes up 7.6% of a company’s annual operating budget, SHRM finds.