Tag: employer health benefits costs

The updates are meant to ensure that ERISA health plans provide the same amount of coverage for mental health and...

With new fiduciary standards in place under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, it is important for plan sponsors to be diligent...

By making health benefits more affordable for employees and ensuring there is time to explore all offerings, one midsize employer...

The Department of Labor’s complaint may indicate health care regulations are going the way of rules for retirement plans. 

The unwinding of a COVID-19 policy that prohibited states from removing people from Medicaid and CHIP could leave hundreds of...

Nava and Nielsen Benefits Group plan to make cost-effective health care more accessible for small and midsize employers.

While employers are being challenged to absorb high health benefit costs, inflation is placing a burden on employees’ ability to...

Self-funding can result in cost savings and access to more data to drive better plan designs, but plan sponsors need...

It recommends solutions for improving the health of employees who live in disadvantaged communities.

Research shows employees across all generations view insurance benefits offered at work as more valuable today than before the COVID-19...

Diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, as well as rising benefits costs, are causing some plan sponsors to reconsider their packages,...

Americans plan to spend 40% of their retirement savings on health care costs, and HSAs are viewed as a key...

As heart monitors, smartwatches and other electronic systems become more popular, employers may wonder whether they should offer these products...

Health care decisions are financial decisions, and the right tools, communications and advice can help employees make the right choices.

But future expansions of the law could have plan sponsors reconsidering their benefits offerings, experts say.

The deal adds a complementary suite of solutions to WEX’s health offerings, including employee enrollment and decision support tools for...

They say their employers don’t provide enough educational resources, but plan sponsors can rectify this.

Many are continuing the practice in 2021 and continuing to use different types of communications to reach employees.

Data can inform plan sponsors about what benefits to offer as well as how to steer employee use of benefits.