Healthcare plans

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.

Worker uptake of the benefit has been slow, yet research shows utilization rates soar when there is no employee co-pay, according to Dr. Allan Khoury of Willis Towers Watson.

Purchasing critical illness insurance for employees and offering them the option to buy more encourages them to become better educated about their benefits plan, according to Sun Life’s Bryan Burke.

Benefits issues can lead to diminished productivity, finds new research, as workers spend an average of three and a half hours a month dealing with healthcare issues at work.

The knowledge that their employers are paying the claims of the plans can dramatically change employees’ entire outlook on health benefits and total compensation, says CBIZ's Zack Pace.

Delivering the right message can make skeptical employees active participants in a well-being plan, says Viverae's Mike Lamb

The majority of large employers offer high-deductible health plans coupled with health savings accounts, but traditional plans are still favored by many employees.

It’s important to educate employers and workers about available HSAs, HRAs and FSAs so that employees can get the most out of them.

Primary care provider-based wellness tests work well for remote employees, but ones conducted at the workplace are better for an employer’s bottom line, according to an analysis of medical claims data conducted by HealthFitness.

Benefits issues can lead to diminished productivity, finds new research, as workers spend an average of three and a half hours a month dealing with healthcare issues at work.

A common problem with well-being offerings is that they are often tailored to the needs of the company, not the employee.