Healthcare benefits

Top-down culture and increased education are steps employers are taking to break down the stigma surrounding mental health.

A new option may help employers find quality providers who are likely to accept predetermined reimbursements.

With resources like second opinion services and health spending accounts, workers may be able to achieve reductions in health costs.

Employers should work to identify and help at-risk employees as early as possible.

Clients need to be ready to offer benefits and workplace perks that match employees most important needs.

Proposed rules would provide consumers more detail about the actual prices hospitals charge insurers.

An estimated 8 in 10 workers with a mental health condition don’t get treatment because of the shame and stigma associated with it.

“When you can look at [an employee] and say we just saved you that copay, that means something,” one expert says.

Clients often look to advisers for guidance when implementing a new healthcare spending model.

Employers need to be ready to offer benefits and workplace perks that match employees most important needs.

On average, these workers use 70% more sick days than their peers.

Benefit managers may need to review cost accumulator programs for specialty medications under recent regulations.

By getting more information in front of workers, benefit managers can help them make smarter decisions and select the best options.

As a way to improve employee retention, companies are increasingly offering benefits like adoption and surrogacy reimbursement to create a fully inclusive and diverse workplace.

The son of the late Supreme Court justice is “highly respected,” industry leaders say, noting the younger Scalia’s industry and institutional knowledge would be a benefit to businesses.

From large employers like Walmart, to those with smaller employee populations, addressing a fragmented and expensive healthcare system is a top priority.

The outgoing secretary’s deputy, Patrick Pizzella, will be named acting secretary of the department.

These services make it easy for workers to use their dental benefits, and save companies money by encouraging preventative care.

Employers and industry groups hope this is the first step to ultimately flatten the tires on the health plan tax.