Healthcare plans

With an anticipated 5% increase in benefits costs, companies are looking to revamp strategies and encourage programs that empower workers to be savvy healthcare consumers.

Benefit election variations across leading job sectors point to a need for better education from advisers and employers on product selection.

Nothing precludes Congressional leaders from revising the rules governing HSAs as a small step in the larger debate.

A long-term perspective and focus on proactive education will help support small business clients in an uncertain healthcare environment, says Paychex Insurance Agency’s Kevin McGuire.

There is often a lack of direct guidance on these plans, therefore employers should consult their advisers and recall baseline IRS guidance to maintain compliance.

The staffing firm’s on-site counselors have helped employees decrease their healthcare spend and increase productivity.

Grand Rounds algorithm credited with combating misdiagnoses and improving healthcare literacy for clients.

Employers should dispel common myths about health savings accounts, discuss tax-time changes and skip out on the benefits jargon.

Benefit election variations across leading job sectors point to a need for better education from advisers and employers on product selection.

Nothing precludes Congressional leaders from revising the rules governing HSAs as a small step in the larger debate.

Back pain represents about 10% of healthcare costs and is a top driver of productivity loss. That’s why some smart companies are taking steps to address it.

Elimination of the Cadillac tax and the employer mandate could be on the table, but so too could be the tax exclusion on employer-based health plans.

By prioritizing not just employee engagement but action and monitoring, employers can maximize their investment and improve health and flatten costs.

Elimination of the Cadillac tax and the employer mandate could be on the table, but so too could be the tax exclusion on employer-based health plans.

Top Senate Republicans are trying to move on from their partisan drive to replace the ACA despite urging from President Donald Trump to keep seeking a broad alternative to President Barack Obama’s signature domestic achievement.

The truth is that group plans typically earn a percentage of total expenditures, and it is in representatives’ best interest for medical services to cost as much as possible.

Assessing and monitoring family history and lifestyle-based risk factors and giving employees access to experienced specialists are among the underused tactics companies should embrace.

HHS Secretary Tom Price said Sunday that “no decision’s been made” on whether to continue key ACA subsidies to health-insurance companies, but that the administration’s job is “to follow the law of the land.”

Republicans in Congress have been unable agree on a way to repeal and replace Obamacare – and now they’re divided on whether they should give up on their GOP-only approach.

After failing to repeal or replace the ACA, Senate Republicans are slimming down their ambitions to target the one piece of the health law they loathe most.