Voya research shows employees are biased toward HDHPs
It may be time to rethink how high deductible health plans are presented to employees.
Healthcare plans
New partnership aims to provide better healthcare benefits for truck drivers
The use of telemedicine has surged as a result of COVID-19.
Benefits Think Balancing the pros and cons of telehealth
Telehealth can provide high-quality, high-value care, but the last year has also demonstrated that not all services are up to par.
Arthur Leibowitz
Health Advocate
Benefitfocus reveals the benefits employees are using the most during COVID
Misty Guinn, director of customer advocacy at Benefitfocus, discusses the current state of employee benefits.
UnitedHealthcare takes on hearing loss with new benefit
The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed how people interact with their benefits, their jobs and their medical needs.
Quit Genius is combating addiction in the workplace
Addressing drug and alcohol addiction needs to be a long-term strategy for employers.
Doctor on Demand and Grand Rounds want to solve telehealth inefficiencies
“We can see a future where over the next 10 years, most healthcare interactions will be online,” says Robin Glass, president of Doctor on Demand.
Amazon to offer telehealth services to other companies
Amazon has various healthcare initiatives under way.
Benefits Think How to evaluate digital mental health solutions for your employees
Employers should not turn to telemedicine or other digital solutions blindfolded. They should carefully assess what they aim to achieve and how these solutions will help them get there.
Kristian Ranta
Meru Health
Employees are demanding greater mental health support
Managers need to be more vocal about their own mental health challenges to make treatment and support more accessible.
Maven is leading the way in women’s and family telehealth
Telehealth benefits are an accessible way to offer benefits to at-risk employee groups.
On-Demand Web Seminar Lessons learned during a global pandemic, according to leading HR teams
The unanticipated onset of COVID-19 made 2020 an extremely difficult year, with companies across the board needing to adapt rapidly to changing circumstances and an uncertain future.
Benefits Think Addressing addiction care in high-deductible plans
Substance use disorder and behavioral health treatments are examples of why employers are responding with virtual care programs to continue to take care of the health and well-being of their employees.
Yusuf Sherwani, M.D.
Quit Genius
Employers will keep expanding virtual benefits beyond the pandemic
“Although it is becoming increasingly clear the world will get through this difficult time, it is also apparent that the future will not look like the past,” said Brighid Courtney, director of Wellable Labs.
CDC survey shows some vaccine reluctance among Americans
The study found that younger adults, women, Black people, adults not living in cities and those with low education, low income and lacking health insurance were most likely to say they didn’t plan on getting a vaccine.
U.S. health giants form startup to share, analyze patient data
The startup will streamline efforts to analyze anonymous data to improve care, develop better therapies and drugs, and promote more equitable treatment of underrepresented groups.
Self-insured healthcare could be the answer to your budget problems
A third-party administrator advises employers on factors to consider before switching from traditional insurance.
Benefits Think The top disruptive benefit trends to watch in 2021
Innovative advisers are driving two disruptive benefits trends that both improve the quality of care and reduce year-over-year healthcare costs.
Benefits Think How advisers can support employees facing serious health issues
It's even more difficult for an employer to know when employees are facing difficult health problems and connect them with the benefits and resources that can help them.
Dr. Miles Varn
PinnacleCare
Salesforce aims to sell cloud software for vaccine distribution
Salesforce.com said it will sell its customer software as a “Vaccine Cloud” that can help government agencies and health care providers build and manage their COVID-19 vaccine programs. Read more: How to get employees vaccinated and back to work Government agencies can use the software to analyze data to ensure they are getting enough doses […]
