Healthcare issues

Getting back to basics — eat right, exercise and don’t smoke — will move the needle on insurance costs.

Getting back to basics — eat right, exercise and don’t smoke — will move the needle on insurance costs.

A large part of the expenses associated with these ailments, calculated by IFEBP, are tied to employee absence and disability.

EBA 2017 Adviser of the Year Mick Rodgers explains how small- and mid-size companies can band together to reduce risk and improve stability.

Employers weighed down by health insurance and benefit provider invoices could see relief in its consolidated billing service.

The agency is the 30th business in the U.S. to receive the certification as a result of its mission to drive down healthcare costs and improve the market for clients.

Employers weighed down by health insurance and benefit provider invoices could see relief in its consolidated billing service.

Plans covering expensive prescriptions can now offer employees a kit designed to determine if the drugs they are taking are really helping or hurting them and propose alternatives.

In response to Alexander-Murray compromise, administration reportedly looking to expand HSAs and association insurance programs.

In response to Alexander-Murray compromise, administration reportedly looking to expand HSAs and association insurance programs.

Employees choose between three hospital systems in the tristate area for lower payroll deductions and more consolidated care.

But Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he’s waiting for assurances from President Donald Trump before he allows a vote.

The financial services company has teamed up with Pareto Captive Services and its broker network to assist SMBs with offering affordable, reliable health plan options.

Employees choose between three hospital systems in the tristate area for lower payroll deductions and more consolidated care.

The president says he’s supportive of the work lawmakers are doing to help temporarily stabilize Obamacare’s insurance markets.

The financial services company has teamed up with Pareto Captive Services and its broker network to assist SMBs with offering affordable, reliable health plan options.

It will be months until some of the president’s proposals, such as expanded use of HRAs, could be implemented, but brokers should educate clients now, adviser Mark Johnson says.

It will be months until some of the president’s proposals, such as expanded use of HRAs, could be implemented, but brokers should educate clients now, adviser Mark Johnson says.

Fragile small-group segment will be undermined by liberalization of rules governing association plans.

A chief underlying problem, fixing poor quality of care, is not mentioned in the president’s call for expanded association plans.