Tag: Healthcare

Employers continue to use strategies such as telemedicine and transparency tools, while encouraging good health behavior among employees to reduce...

Among other things, the lawsuit says the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission failed to adequately justify its reversal of position and...

Protecting the tax-favored status of employer-sponsored health and retirement plans is a key concern, a survey finds.

Many employees experiencing health care cost increases decreased contributions to retirement plans, the Employee Benefit Research Institute finds.

Enrollment in consumer-driven health plans still continues to rise, however, according to United Benefit Advisors.

Statement 74 addresses financial reporting for postemployment benefit plans other than pensions.

Mercer believes employers should have better influence on the health care marketplace because of their purchasing power.

Eighty-three percent of HR practitioners say using advanced analytics to understand how employees use health care services, who high-risk employees...

Even those already in retirement worry about health care and running out of money, indicating plan sponsors can introduce participants...

The platform would provide employers with a variety of components such as compliance tools, while offering employees access to an...

Fifty-six percent of employers that use Mercer’s HERO Scorecard have a formal strategic plan in place to support their wellness...

In addition, more employers are embracing plan design features that encourage employees to use higher-quality, more efficient and lower-cost services,...

They also believe their financial future is largely dependent on their physical well-being.

Mercer has revealed a new approach to help employers contain specialty pharmacy costs. 

Employers have introduced a number of tactics to control costs, and many are turning to consultants to help with compliance.

The majority would sacrifice some pay for workplace access to guaranteed retirement benefits, a survey finds.

The lumber producer made changes to its health care plan, falling out of “grandfathered” status under the ACA, but kept...

A study shows that employees in high-deductible health plans are foregoing care because of the cost, and this could result...

The court found the program was subject to ADA scrutiny, but also that the wellness plan was lawful under the...

More than half of employees working for companies offering health insurance say they would prefer assistance from their employers when...