Director, Social Media and Content Marketing at the International Foundation
Favorite Foundation service/product: Face to face conferences.
Benefit topics that grab her: Benefit communication, preventive health, health care cost management, workflex
Favorite Foundation conference moments: Meeting Dr. Andrew Weil at the Annual Employee Benefits Conference was a cherished opportunity. She also loves the times when she and a member recognize each other at a conference because of interacting on Twitter!
Personal Insight: Known around the office as “appropriately paranoid,” Ann is usually prepared for a variety of potential outcomes in most every situation.
While data privacy has become a major concern for organizations with respect to their core business operations, benefit plans can fall outside their focus. The sensitive nature of information stored… Read more >
Catching up on the latest employee benefits updates—Are they are light read or a page turner? Looking back on the developments over the last month, you’ll likely go with the… Read more >
June 9, 2017 ACA, Affordable Care Act, Defined Benefit Plans, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Legislative, Multiemployer, Paid Leave, Regulatory, Retirement, Talking Benefits Podcast 0 Read more >
It’s May 4th and, to some, it just means you’re one day closer to the weekend. But for Star Wars fans like Talking Benefits host, Julie Stich, add one little… Read more >
May 4, 2017 ACA, Affordable Care Act, Cadillac Tax, Defined Benefit Plans, Defined Contribution Plans, DOL, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Legislative, Multiemployer, Paid Leave, Pensions, Regulatory, Retirement, Talking Benefits Podcast 0 Read more >
Sometimes, making a change is an easy decision. Flat tire? Change it. Wallpaper hanging in your living room since 1983? It’s time. Change it. Most changes demand much more deliberation…. Read more >
Spring is in the air. Birds singing, temperatures rising, baseball season in full swing . . . and a whole new crop of benefits developments have been popping up. International… Read more >
April 11, 2017 ACA, Affordable Care Act, Defined Benefit Plans, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Legislative, Mental Health, Multiemployer, Opioid Abuse, Paid Leave, Pensions, Prescription Drugs, Regulatory, Retirement, Talking Benefits Podcast 0 Read more >
The past few weeks have delivered a few more hints on how benefit plans may be impacted by developments in Washington. Despite the fog, one thing is clear—Changing benefits-related laws… Read more >
March 8, 2017 ACA, Affordable Care Act, Employee Benefits, Legislative, Multiemployer, Regulatory, Retirement, Talking Benefits Podcast 0 Read more >
Naturally, we love to talk benefits here at the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. So when a couple of our resident benefits gurus started presenting a monthly benefits update… Read more >
February 10, 2017 ACA, Affordable Care Act, Cadillac Tax, Compliance, Defined Benefit Plans, Employee Benefits, ERISA, Health Care, Insurance, Legislative, Multiemployer, Regulatory, Retirement, Talking Benefits Podcast 0 Read more >
Since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was first proposed in July 2009, the benefits industry has been working in a state of “hurry up and wait.” Hurry up to meet… Read more >
January 24, 2017 ACA, Affordable Care Act, Employee Benefits, Regulatory 1 Read more >
Shortly after having my first son, I signed up for an infant massage class. (Because with that firstborn, you do such things.) We met weekly with our babies for some… Read more >
You may have dreaded the process, rejoiced over extensions and delays or even lost sleep as the March 31 deadline approached to provide the Affordable Care Act (ACA) 1095 forms to… Read more >
April 8, 2016 ACA, Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Regulatory 0 Read more >