You know the expression “Strike while the iron is hot”? For plan sponsors that have contemplated imposing limits on prescription drug coverage but have worried about upsetting plan participants, the… Read more >
January 4, 2017 Employee Benefits, Prescription Drugs Read more >
Fretting over a work project. Binge-watching TV. Cramming for a test. Celebrating with friends. Reading just one more chapter of a great book. Plenty of things can keep us awake… Read more >
Does everyone in your workforce have enough time to vote—enough non-work hours while the polls are open—on November 8? If you’re in doubt, you may want to check what your… Read more >
October 18, 2016 Human Resources (HR), Paid Time Off (PTO) Read more >
When I attended my first Employee Benefits Symposium in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2010—a reward for completing my Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) designation a few weeks earlier, my only… Read more >
August 3, 2016 CEBS (Certified Employee Benefit Specialist), Education, Employee Benefits Read more >
In 2015, 38,300 people were killed on U.S. roads, up 8% from 2014, according to the National Safety Council. In 2014—the latest year for which statistics are available–47,055 Americans died… Read more >
July 19, 2016 Employee Benefits, Health Care, Opioid Abuse, Prescription Drugs Read more >
Have you ever tried to make sense of health care bills after a serious illness? Did you fantasize about marching into your insurance company president’s office, handing him or her… Read more >
June 22, 2016 Communication, Employee Benefits, Health Care Read more >
Ah, the good old days. The International Foundation first published the Glossary of Employee Benefit Plan and Investment Terminology in 1973. That slimmer, trimmer first Glossary weighed in at 8.4… Read more >
It’d be nice to write that health care doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg. In this case, that cliché likely is both inappropriate and overly optimistic. But… Read more >
May 24, 2016 Employee Benefits, Health Care, Insurance Read more >
Concerned about how aggressively many Illinois state employees had invested 457 plan assets, plan trustees decided in late 2014 on a bold move: Investments of all 53,000 participants would be… Read more >
January 27, 2016 Communication, Defined Contribution (DC) Plans, Employee Benefits, Retirement Read more >
Unless a person’s job depends on knowing Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) privacy and security rules, the topic is what my family calls a MEGO (“my eyes glaze over”)…. Read more >
November 10, 2015 Compliance, Health Care, HIPAA, Regulatory Read more >
