Rising Star helps navigate the healthcare system
Ed Ligondé, one of our 20 Rising Stars of 2019, used his own medical condition as inspiration to learn about healthcare — and improve employee benefits education along the way.
Healthcare plans
Benefits Think How AI is reshaping the HR, benefits space
When the more process-driven tasks get automated, HR will begin to provide high-touch, individualized attention, rather than having to manage people assets.
Kelly L. Clark
Alight Solutions
Benefits Think How AI is reshaping the HR, benefits space
When the more process-driven tasks get automated, HR will begin to provide high-touch, individualized attention, rather than having to manage people assets.
Kelly L. Clark
Alight Solutions
Benefits Think Why chiropractic services could be the next big thing in wellness
Offering on-site services can lower the cost of healthcare while helping employees be more productive.
Daniel Lord
Crossover Health
Legislators look to slash ACA Cadillac tax
Lawmakers make a new attempt to derail the unpopular excise tax.
Benefits Think Move over mainstream: Alternative health options a road to better value
With healthcare spending soaring, clients may consider turning to narrow networks or alternative sites of care.
Suzanne Delbanco
Catalyst for Payment Reform
Benefits Think Why chiropractic services could be the next big thing in wellness
Offering on-site services can lower the cost of healthcare while helping employees be more productive.
Daniel Lord
Crossover Health
Blue states challenge Trump’s association health plan rules
The Trump administration's desire to end Obamacare could spell trouble for newly expanded association health plans.
Benefits Think Transparency in healthcare: The case for an employer bill of rights
Devising benefits programs can be complex, which is why businesses need to empower themselves to select smart healthcare options.
Steve Kelly
ELAP Services
Benefits Think Move over mainstream: Alternative health options a road to better value
With healthcare spending soaring, employers may consider turning to narrow networks or alternative sites of care.
Suzanne Delbanco
Catalyst for Payment Reform
Benefits Think 3 tips to ensure clients are in compliance
Advisers who stay abreast of changing health insurance regulations and employment law increase their value to employers.
Ron Goldstein
Choice Administrators
Maintaining HSA eligibility: 8 things clients can do
For employers sponsoring high-deductible health plans with health savings accounts, ensuring that the HDHP continuously remains HSA-qualified is no easy task. But this checklist can help.
Benefits Think What clients need to know about the 2019 FPL affordability safe harbor
HHS released the federal poverty level thresholds — important info for many employers as they set their employee contributions for their health plans.
Zack Pace
CBIZ
Benefits Think Analytics are key to wellness success. Here’s why
By aggregating and analyzing different types of data, benefits managers can determine crucial correlations among preventive screenings, health outcomes and healthcare costs.
Furloughed feds’ health coverage intact, but shutdown still complicates things
Some federal employees face insurance paperwork glitches that affect their health coverage and add pressure to the stress of going without pay.
Benefits Think What employers need to know about the 2019 FPL affordability safe harbor
The HHS just released the federal poverty level thresholds — important info for many employers as they set their employee contributions for their health plans.
Zack Pace
CBIZ
Benefits Think Developing guidance could free employers from ACA mandate
An IRS notice, still in development, could allow companies to avoid penalties by reimbursing employees for a portion of the cost of individual insurance coverage through an employer-sponsored HRA.
Jessica M. Simons
Foley & Lardner
Tech companies edge into crowded caregiving space
Big employers including Amgen and News Corp. look to help employees better manage family responsibilities.
Walmart to leave CVS pharmacy network, roiling drugstores
Walmart will leave CVS Health’s network that administers drug benefits for millions of Americans, in a dispute over costs that could roil the business of filling prescriptions.
Tech companies edge into crowded caregiving space
Big employers including Amgen and News Corp. look to help employees better manage family responsibilities.
