Healthcare plans

Benefit advisers are open to small employer clients embracing new association health plans, but some may shy away from them for fear of losing commissions.

Proposal would allow some employers to band together and purchase association health plans.

Telehealth will tackle behavioral health, second opinions for cancer and more, says Teladoc’s Dan Trencher.

Employers should work to prevent the spread of illness in the office by offering shots at on-site locations and dispelling common misconceptions about the vaccine.

Clients should sharpen their communication skills when talking to employees about healthcare in 2018.

Leading advisers are able to reduce the cost of employee healthcare by taking a vested interest in the quality and expense of medical treatment.

HR professionals should sharpen their communication skills when talking to employees about healthcare in 2018.

An adviser ‘is absolutely critical to the success’ of these accounts that are expected to be the primary healthcare option in the near future.

Telehealth will tackle behavioral health, second opinions for cancer and more, says Teladoc’s Dan Trencher.

Employers should work to prevent the spread of illness in the office by offering shots at on-site locations and dispelling common misconceptions about the vaccine.

Unconfirmed elections, inconsistent dependent confirmations and missing beneficiaries are common but fixable mistakes.

Behavioral health, nutritionists and medical management experts are now accessing more patients virtually.

Unconfirmed elections, inconsistent dependent confirmations and missing beneficiaries are common but fixable mistakes.

Mitch McConnell says the compromise tax bill from House and Senate negotiators will end the health law’s requirement that all individuals buy insurance or pay a fine.

The new year will see a continuation of the trends from 2017 that have affected employers — but with a sharp focus on insurance company acquisitions and opioid regulations.

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is on the rise among younger generations, and can have astronomical cost effects for both employees and firms.

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is on the rise among younger generations, and can have astronomical cost effects for both employees and firms.

The $214 billion company announced on Wednesday that it's buying DaVita Inc.'s physician-network business for $4.9 billion. It's just the latest step in UnitedHealth's push to diversify its revenue.

Behavioral health, nutritionists and medical management experts are now accessing more patients virtually, according to a new study.

UnitedHealth will buy DaVita Inc.’s physician network business for $4.9 billion, adding hundreds of medical clinics to the health insurer’s business of providing direct medical care.