Healthcare plans

The life insurance and disability income carrier places its technology bet with Boston-based company, Maxwell Health.

Workers lack tools and education, leaving them poorly equipped to manage high deductibles and multiple plan choices, says Alegeus executive.

The life insurance and disability income carrier places its technology bet with Boston-based company, Maxwell Health.

New medical plans promote primary care and health counseling in an effort to lower employers costs.

While few mid-size employers offer high-deductible plans, in some cases preferred-provider-organization plans carry deductibles high enough to qualify them as HDHPs, according to new research.

There is new evidence that more closely ties periodontitis, better known as gum disease, to heart attacks and stroke.

New medical plans promote primary care and health counseling in an effort to lower medical costs.

Vinay Gidwaney, chief product officer and co-founder of Maxwell Health, speaks about the company’s vision for a subscription-style benefits delivery model.

Quality, scope of services should be prime considerations for employers looking to open worksite clinics.

Workers are increasingly turning away from traditional healthcare delivery models in favor of alternatives, according to Oliver Wyman research.

Low satisfaction and high costs are driving consumers away from traditional healthcare delivery models in favor of alternatives.

The HealthiestYou application encourages higher levels of utilization with mobile access, greater ease of use, according to benefit advisers.

Integrating telemedicine with voluntary benefits can mean substantial savings for employers and significant opportunities for brokers.

Getting more out of the prescription drug plan and telemedicine are cost-saving avenues for plan sponsors to explore, says Corporate Synergies’ Bruce Barr.

Quality, confidentiality and scope of services are prime considerations for employers looking to implement clinics on or near their worksites.

HealthiestYou application encourages higher levels of utilization with mobile access, greater ease of use.

Worker have been slow to move online for medical visits, but research shows employee utilization rates soar when co-pays are eliminated, says Willis Towers Watson’s Allan Khoury.

Employers are already swamped enough dealing with a litany of benefit issues. That’s why, a panel of plan sponsors explained at the NAPA 401(k) Summit, they are looking for benefits help from their advisers.

Encouraging employees to purchase critical illness insurance encourages them to become better educated about their benefits plan, according to Sun Life’s Bryan Burke.

Employers are already swamped enough dealing with a litany of benefit issues. That’s why, a panel of plan sponsors explained at the NAPA 401(k) Summit in Nashville, they are looking for benefits help from their advisers.