Tag: employer health benefits

The COVID-19 Cost Impact Model assesses the impact of the pandemic on health benefit costs, and MedFactor estimates the relative...

Kim Buckey, with DirectPath, discusses generational preferences in health and voluntary benefits and how the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced benefit...

A new book, ‘COBRA Administration for Dummies,’ offers both simplified explanations and detailed descriptions for a number of COBRA topics.

The IRS also identifies limited circumstances for which an employee with a DPC arrangement could contribute to an HSA.

The CARES Act allows telehealth services to be included under HDHPs until December 31, 2021, and some are hopeful that...

Employers offering group health plans can supplement their employees’ out-of-pocket expenses tax--free.

The agency has also announced an increase in the FSA carryover amount.

Limited guidance on the regulations makes this answer complex for plan sponsors.

Extended time limits disregard the period from March 1 until 60 days after the announced end of the national emergency...

The technology provides individualized guidance regarding paycheck allocations to HSAs, health plan choices, voluntary benefits and contributions to retirement accounts.

Nancy Ryerson, with Fern Health, offers predictions about how benefits strategies will need to change to reflect how we operate...

Plan sponsors should consider an off-cycle voluntary benefits enrollment and prepare for a workforce that will pay more attention to...

States and insurers have done so for fully insured plans, and self-insured employers should follow suit.

Many are turning to innovative tech-enabled programs that cut costs for them while not shifting costs to employees, Mercer found.

Its Benefits Enrollment Application provides easy-to-use benefits plan analysis that allows users to select and compare eligible plans.

Both employers and employees can manage consumer accounts benefits, such as HSAs, FSAs and gym reimbursements, with one tool.

Employers are encouraging the use of biosimilars instead of specialty pharmacy products, creating an environment that makes it clear and...

Starting in January 2020, employers will be able to use individual coverage HRAs to provide their workers with tax-preferred funds...

Employers need to focus on getting employees into the right plans for them and maximizing the use of their benefits.