Louisiana Insurance Commissioner tells advisers to stay vigilant on MLR
Jim Donelon says the ACA provision is likely to be removed under Trumpcare, but brokers should ‘keep it on their radar.’
Healthcare costs
What stays and what goes in upcoming health reform
President Trump is likely to succeed in removing the employer mandate and lifting restrictions on FSAs, panelists at EBA’s Workplace Benefits Renaissance say.
Widely varying benefit costs influence business strategy across U.S.
Alaska most expensive, Hawaii cheapest for group health insurance; regional benchmarks seen as a valuable tool for managing renewals.
Benefits Think How small employers can offer tax-free medical care reimbursements
Until very recently, business owners were at risk of receiving steep fines if they refunded employees for non-employer sponsored medical care up to $36,500, explains attorney Melissa Shimizu.
Melissa Shimizu
Fisher Phillips
Employers embrace new strategies to cut healthcare costs
Transparency tools, HSAs and wellness programs continue to grow in adoption, according to a new study.
More Americans live in fear of retiring poor
85% of survey's respondents felt that lawmakers don't understand the difficulty they face when building a retirement nest egg.
More Americans live in fear of retiring poor
85% of survey's respondents felt that lawmakers don't understand the difficulty they face when building a retirement nest egg.
Benefits Think The advantages of offering health benefits to small business employees
Even the smallest companies can gain access to more insurance choices, group rates and FSAs.
Ron Goldstein
Choice Administrators
Widely varying benefit costs influence business strategy across U.S.
Alaska most expensive, Hawaii cheapest for group health insurance; regional benchmarks seen as a valuable tool for managing renewals.
5 ways to rein in medication costs
NBGH report makes specialty Rx policy recommendations designed to stem skyrocketing expenses.
Benefits Think The advantages of offering health benefits to small business employees
Brokers can help even the smallest companies gain access to more insurance choices, group rates and FSAs.
Ron Goldstein
Choice Administrators
GOP Obamacare plan suffers blow with rejection by key Republican
The leader of the largest group of House conservatives said Monday he couldn’t support the party’s existing Obamacare replacement strategy.
Employers pursue well-being programs over wellness
More benefit consultants are being asked how to improve the lives of clients’ workers beyond fitness and diabetes prevention.
Benefits Think Here is how Trump will change the ACA
Promises to repeal Obamacare are proving to be more complicated then they sounded on the campaign trail. With those realities setting in, Peter Orszag, President Obama’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, explores what happens next.
Peter Orszag
Lazard
5 ways to rein in medication costs
NBGH report makes specialty Rx policy recommendations designed to stem skyrocketing expenses.
Employers pursue well-being programs over wellness
More benefit consultants are being asked how to improve the lives of clients’ workers beyond fitness and diabetes prevention.
Benefits Think What does Trump’s CMS pick foretell?
Seema Verma still awaits confirmation yet her past experiences in the healthcare industry prove that this is not her first rodeo.
Rhonda Schechter
Frost Brown Todd LLC
Benefits Think How urgent care trips are driving up employer costs
New research shows why — and how often — employees are making those costly visits.
Sandeep Acharya
One Medical Group
Health benefits landscape evolving in Washington
Although Congress is out this week on recess, when they come back it promises to be a wild ride for employers, Mercer experts say.
Benefits Think How to best engage employees in wellness programs
Incentives can help workers re-evaluate their fitness goals, says wellness director Gary Cassidy.
Gary Cassidy
Corporate Synergies