Benefits Think It is time to negotiate air ambulance charges
For most payers and self-funded employer plans, air ambulance flights an out-of-network charge that can be staggering.
Randy King
Healthcare Horizons
Healthcare costs
Benefits Think 9 questions for the Trumpcare architects
From what will happen with cost containment provisions to addressing broker business models, BAN’s Perry Braun is looking for answers.
Deducting IRA contributions on client tax returns
Clients can fully deduct their IRA contributions if they have no access to a workplace retirement plan.
Employees seek blue light protection in vision plans
While workers with prescription lenses worry about exposure to harmful wave lengths, they are confused if their current eyewear offers proper safeguards.
Benefits Think How Obama’s last healthcare legislation is further hurting the ACA’s chances of survival
President Trump’s promised repeal of the Affordable Care Act is underway, and the 21st Century Cures Act is likely helping it progress, says adviser Craig Hasday.
Craig Hasday
Frenkel Benefits
Employees seek blue light protection in vision plans
While workers with prescription lenses worry about exposure to harmful wave lengths, they are confused if their current eyewear offers proper safeguards.
Encourage employees not to raid their 401(k)
Early withdrawals from retirement investments can trigger a hefty penalty.
NAHU asks Congress to target health costs
In congressional testimony, National Association of Health Underwriters’ CEO Janet Trautwein says special enrollment periods are a chief problem.
Encourage clients not to raid their 401(k)
Early withdrawals from retirement investments can trigger a hefty penalty.
Benefits Think Why it’s time to take a fresh look at disability insurance
The underutilized benefit is appealing to millennial workers, says expert CrisDee Plambeck.
CrisDee Plambeck
Voya Employee Benefits
NAHU asks Congress to target health costs
In congressional testimony, National Association of Health Underwriters’ CEO Janet Trautwein says special enrollment periods are a chief problem.
Benefits Think An accurate definition of wellness
Employers need to look at well-being with a wider lens and push financial health, says Copatient’s Thomas Torre.
Thomas Torre
Copatient
How can employers tackle rising specialty drug costs?
The National Business Group on Health outlines ideas for confronting soaring costs.
Benefits Think The self-insurance solution — with or without the ACA
Large corporations have used this model for decades, and now small- and mid-sized businesses are taking notice, says Paul Johnson of Redirect Health.
Paul Johnson
Redirect Health
10 things employers want from a Trump administration
HR and benefits professionals are hoping the new president will kill the Cadillac tax, focus on ever-rising healthcare costs and expand access to health savings accounts.
Benefits Think Why it’s time for employers to take a fresh look at disability insurance
The underutilized benefit is appealing to millennial workers, says expert CrisDee Plambeck.
CrisDee Plambeck
Voya Employee Benefits
Benefits Think Why ACA repeal isn’t as easy as it seems
The benefits community — and the whole country — will be watching closely to see just how President Trump fires the Affordable Care Act.
Daniel N. Kuperstein
Corporate Synergies
Benefits Think Why ACA repeal isn’t as easy as it seems
The benefits community — and the whole country — will be watching closely to see just how President Trump fires the Affordable Care Act.
Daniel N. Kuperstein
Corporate Synergies
What medical conditions are driving employer healthcare costs?
Out of 155 medical conditions, just 20 — including diabetes, heart disease and back pain — accounted for half of all spending, according to a new JAMA report.
Small slice of employees spend majority of healthcare funds
A minority of U.S. workers in employer-provided plans spend most of the dollars — but are they getting the right care?
