Healthcare benefits

Although we are only halfway through 2016, three trends have notably emerged and taken the front seat in the employee benefits world.

The company’s new “Preferred Partnership” arrangement with a select network of local providers aims for cost savings and a superior patient experience.

Although we are only halfway through 2016, three trends have notably emerged and taken the front seat in the employee benefits world.

Employers can harness the power of technology when encouraging employees to make healthier decisions.

Employers can harness the power of technology when encouraging employees to make healthier decisions.

The move is part of a broader effort to raise productivity by reducing employee time spent traveling to and waiting for care.

Using incentives and teamwork, Bazaarvoice breathed new life into its workforce.

Even as eligibility rates rise, limited workforce participation and smaller premium increases have kept the employer health benefits landscape stable.

hCentive’s CEO Sanjay Singh discusses his own frustrations as an employer and how multi-carrier benefit platforms can help mitigate rising costs and limited healthplan options.

Helping employees with disabilities stay at work is easier than you might think.

Employers are lowering their own premiums through coinsurance and high deductibles. But efforts to help workers control their spending through smarter healthcare decisions have met with less success.

The move is part of a broader effort to raise productivity by reducing employee time spent traveling to and waiting for care.

Brokers are trying to help employers control costs, but are seeing little success, says HR Technology Advisors’ Joe Markland.

By quickly collecting and presenting employee health data, these custom risk engines provide dynamic insights into your employee population with just a few clicks.

Depending on factors like demographics, geography, environment, and heredity, the healthcare-needs profile of an employee base can vary widely, even between companies in the same industry, says AdminaHealth’s Arthur Jonokuchi.

The healthcare industry is focused on utilization prediction and cost transparency tools, but something quite basic is missing: Teaching people basic terms that they need to know to make informed decisions, says Airbo’s Vlad Gyster.

Depending on factors like demographics, geography, environment, and heredity, the healthcare-needs profile of an employee base can vary widely, even between companies in the same industry, says AdminaHealth’s Arthur Jonokuchi.

Employees are unsure of how to choose benefits and save for medical expenses, according to Alegeus research.

Some policies may create economic incentives for employees’ partners to stay out of the workforce, says CBIZ’s Zack Pace.

Advisers can help employees who, an Alegeus report shows, are unsure of how to choose benefits and save for expenses.