Employers take closer look at financial disincentives
In wellness programs, disincentives may have a place but experts caution to tread carefully when using this tactic.
Healthcare reform
Little consensus among employers over ACA
Nearly half of employers are considering making changes to their total rewards program as a result of the Affordable Care Act, yet most do not anticipate making changes that could negatively affect employees.
Why is Washington stalled on improving the ACA?
A politically charged morning kicked off the second day of NAHUs annual meeting in Atlanta Monday with speakers from both sides of the aisle. One Republican policy wonk explained what he thinks is really going on with the ACA.
Health exchanges behind schedule, though premiums less than expected
A Government Accountability Office report released this month shows computer systems for the insurance marketplaces may not be ready on time and training for the people who will assist consumers is behind schedule.
Federal health exchanges are behind schedule, GAO finds
Computer systems to help Americans gain coverage on the Affordable Care Acts insurance exchanges may not be ready on time, and training for the people who will assist consumers is behind schedule, a government report found.
ACA implications: Employers confused on single, multi or multiple plans
As plan sponsors continue to work through Affordable Care Act compliance, there has been some confusion about what types of plans are being sponsored. Heres a look at the basics of these plans.
ACA allies to focus on uninsured in 18 states
Supporters of the Affordable Care Act said theyll debut a campaign this week in 18 U.S. states to promote a law still poorly understood by those designed to benefit most.
Budgetary issues sucked the energy out of D.C.
Stephen M. Saxon, chairman of the Groom Law Group, says little is getting done on important retirement issues in Washington because of the mandated government budget cuts known as sequestration.
Obamacare rollout seen slowed by confusion over benefits
Judith Mayer Lynn, uninsured and battling breast cancer, should be a fan of the Affordable Care Act. Instead, she barely knows about it.
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Alex Wayne
Zakaria at SHRM: Harnessing human capital crucial to success
Fareed Zakaria gave the opening address at the Society for Human Resources Management 2013 conference, and the 15,000 people attending heard from him that, though the market recovery has been slow and painful, world markets will rise together.
MLR bill hits House in steep climb to passage
A broker-friendly bill to combat the financial impact of the medical loss ratio requirements contained in the Affordable Care Act was filed in the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday.
SHRM: Employers fret over recent graduates skills
Forty-nine percent of organizations feel that new grads lack basic skills and knowledge of writing in English, 18% worry about math proficiency and 13% believe graduates lack English speaking skills.
More employers expect ACA to increase their costs
In a new Mercer survey of nearly 900 employers, 9% of respondents say ACA will have little or no cost impact on their bottom line (adding less than 1%), down significantly from the 25% who thought so in 2011.
Boehner: Administration still lacks answers on ACA
Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle weigh in on the health care reform act at a policy forum in Washington.
ACA shows hospital savings as patients make gains
Less than five months before the Affordable Care Act fully kicks in, hospitals are improving care and saving millions of dollars with one of the least touted but potentially most effective provisions of the law.
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Alex Wayne
Employees must change retirement mindset
The three-legged stool of social security, pension and personal savings is going to be a thing of the past for most of todays workforce.
Association coverage affected by ACA
Association health insurance has always been challenging, one expert says, and some groups may try to set up their own private exchanges, or possibly turn to self-insurance.
Health co-ops stumble with loans, Republicans say
President Barack Obamas use of federal loans to bankroll untested businesses is sparking controversy again, this time over a $6 billion program to create nonprofit competitors to commercial health insurers.
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Alex Wayne
Aon Hewitt: Employers changing payment strategies to tackle health costs
A new study confirms that a majority of large and mid-size U.S. employers are planning to change provider payment models to become more cost effective.
ACA provision saved individual consumers $2.1B last year, analysis says
The Kaiser analysis, penned by Cynthia Cox, Gary Claxton and Larry Levitt, says that if MLR had not been in effect, premiums for individual health insurance would have been $1.9 billion higher in 2012.