Tag: employer health care benefits

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

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

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.

Using claims data to compare fully insured and self-insured benefits, and seeing the flexibility self-insuring provides can help employers overcome...

Employees want employers to educate them throughout the year and offer tools to help them allocate their money among benefits,...

But many said they might be looking to cut costs in other ways.

The interest-free, payroll-deducted payment plan can keep employees ‘away from more financially toxic payment options,’ such as taking a retirement...

The Cadillac Tax, which many said would limit health care choice and cause greater cost-shifting to employees, was repealed.

A survey found 92% of small businesses are willing to work together to push for changes to make health care...

In the meantime, many are satisfied that qualified small employer health reimbursement arrangements (QSEHRAs) meet employees’ needs.