Practice good HR hygiene: Routine healthcare benefit audits are key
Small clerical errors can cost organizations hundreds of thousands of dollars, but they can get that money back through routine maintenance of benefit records.
Healthcare guidelines
Benefits Think Beyond the basics: How to accommodate workers with service animals
Employers need to request documentation, check policies and consider other employees when they get requests for bringing support dogs into the workplace.
Danette Washum
Unum
Benefits Think Beyond the basics: How to accommodate workers with service animals
Employers need to request documentation, check policies and consider other employees when they get requests for bringing support dogs into the workplace.
Danette Washum
Unum
Benefits Think Does importing pharmaceuticals make sense?
Prescription drugs for foreign countries cost a fraction compared to U.S. pricing. Of course they are more attractive but roadblocks remain.
Craig Hasday
Frenkel Benefits
Benefits Think Five frequently overlooked mistakes in HIPAA compliance
Most healthcare entities have adapted to the major privacy requirements but the thicket of regulations still leaves some traps for the unwary.
Saad Gul
Poyner Spruill
Benefits Think 3 things employers need to know about Congress’ effort to expand HSAs
The proposed changes to health savings accounts will require employee notifications and communication efforts as well as enrollment system and payroll changes.
Tracy Watts
Mercer
Tackling health costs one employee, one tactic at a time
Self-funding consultant Bill Geraci of MAGIC employs a range of plan management strategies designed to drive down expense and improve healthcare.
Benefits Think 3 things employers need to know about Congress’ effort to expand HSAs
The proposed changes to health savings accounts will require employee notifications and communication efforts as well as enrollment system and payroll changes.
Tracy Watts
Mercer
Feeling the pain, employers begin to take on the opioid epidemic
Education, addiction services and alternative therapy coverage to treat pain management are among the strategies companies are embracing.
U.S. to make more drugs easily available, cutting role docs play
The FDA issued draft guidelines Tuesday outlining possible steps patients can take to get prescription medications without seeing a doctor.
Feeling the pain, employers begin to take on the opioid epidemic
Education, addiction services and alternative therapy coverage to treat pain management are among the strategies companies are embracing.
Benefits Think Details matter: Medical plan anti-assignment clauses protect employers
There is a growing trend in which out-of-network healthcare providers attempt to bring suit directly against the employer or the employer medical plan.
Gregg Dooge
Foley & Lardner
Ditching PPOs for direct contracting
Adviser Jeff Fox is weaning his clients off of preferred provider networks in favor of self-insuring and contracting directly with a top-flight health system.
IRS announces 2019 HSA limits
The annual limit on deductible contributions to a health savings account will jump by $50 for individuals and $100 for families.
IRS announces 2019 HSA limits
The annual limit on deductible contributions to a health savings account will jump by $50 for individuals and $100 for families.
Containing costs through hospital network partnerships
This rural-Missouri adviser won deep discounts from local-area providers for the benefit of her self-funded and group captive clients.
Benefits Think Group captives: A cost-effective alternative to traditional health insurance
For small to midsize employers, these vehicles provide numerous advantages previously only available to larger enterprises.
Robert Carrington
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants
Benefits Think Group captives: A cost-effective alternative to traditional health insurance
For small to midsize employers, these vehicles provide numerous advantages previously only available to larger enterprises.
Robert Carrington
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants
Benefits Think Male contraceptive laws may create problems for HSAs
Employer clients with high-deductible health plans could be snared by recent legislation in Illinois, Maryland and Oregon.
Kristine Bingman
Ogletree Deakins
Benefits Think When it comes to replacing health insurers, be careful what you wish for
It’s easy to fault the insurance industry, but dealing with the government could be a nightmare. This is why benefit advisers need to step in.
Craig Hasday
Frenkel Benefits