Healthcare plans

Companies that make positive changes to their wellness offerings over the years may reap the rewards of healthier employees and reduced healthcare costs down the road.

Companies that make positive changes to their wellness offerings over the years may reap the rewards of healthier employees and reduced healthcare costs down the road.

Health benefits that integrate physical, financial, emotional and social components pave a wider path to lower costs.

Employers are overpaying for employees’ healthcare because the system wastes $750 billion per year on unnecessary tests and treatments. Most employers don’t take steps to monitor costs.

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Successful enrollment onboarding needs to include automated data capture and flexible, secure portals for employees.

The more educated employees are about treatment options and their pricing, the more likely they'll be to better engage in healthcare.

For clients sponsoring high-deductible health plans with health savings accounts, ensuring that the HDHP continuously remains HSA-qualified is no easy task. But this checklist can help.

Health savings account participants are more engaged in their healthcare decisions but still see HSAs as ways for reducing medical expense.

Employers are grappling with slow adoption even as they push high-deductible health plans as a smart bet for more workers.

The longer employees stay home from an injury or illness, the less likely they are to return to work. A supportive management and HR team can change that.

Although employer-provided health plans include mental health and substance abuse care benefits, barriers — such as a lack of in-network providers — prevent workers from accessing the care.

The Trump administration this week proposed to allow U.S. employees to use tax-free health reimbursement arrangements to shop for coverage in the individual market. Here’s what it means for employers.

While more employers are offering a flu shot benefit, it can be difficult to get workers to sign up.