Healthcare plans

The electronics manufacturer has launched a branded HR program to build a culture of healthcare consumerism and drive enrollment in its HDHP.

If employers offer an HDHP, executives should be maxing out their HSA contributions, says Robert C. Lawton.

Providing employees with incentives for adopting new, healthier behaviors can control costs while improving the long-term health of the workforce.

Electronics manufacturer OSI Systems launches a branded HR program to build a culture of healthcare consumerism and drive enrollment in its high deductible health plan.

As the need for gap coverage continues to grow, advisers can help promote these underutilized benefits with better communications and education.

Providing employees with incentives for adopting new, healthier behaviors can control costs while improving the long-term health of the workforce.

How advisers can assist their clients with the implementation of the required preventative service.

If employers offer a high deductible health plan, all executives should be maxing out their contributions to their health savings accounts, says Robert C. Lawton. Here’s why.

An initial consultation with a registered dietitian can cost as much as $200. Multiply this by the growing number of overweight and at-risk Americans, and employers could face a considerable cost increase.

Workers need help understanding how and why to prioritize contributions to a health savings account.

The fate of the ACA’s excise tax notwithstanding, employers continue to look at an array of options to rein in their healthcare costs.

Price comparison tools available to the public don’t make it easy enough for workers to make informed decisions.

Health savings accounts help workers save for healthcare expenses in retirement. Employees who are eligible to contribute to an HSA should max out those contributions before putting money away in their 401(k) plan, says retirement plan consultant Robert C. Lawton. Here’s why.

Despite expected hurdles, congressional representatives, including Sen. Martin Heinrich, tell CIAB legislative summit attendees, "We will get a repeal done."

Concerns about the ACA’s excise tax remain, but high plan expenses are the bigger problem

Workers are more comfortable buying a car or a home than they are managing their healthcare, finds a new report.

Telemedicine offers potential savings to employers and employees, while improving medical care access and convenience.

New research indicates investments in workforce well-being may affect a company’s financial results.

Combining the two employee resources can lead to increased adoption and improved health for participants.

Healthier businesses will receive higher-than-expected rate increases because they are now being pooled with the less healthy plans that may include employees who smoke and engage in other unhealthy behaviors.