About Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
Senior Editor, Publications at the International Foundation
Favorite Foundation Product: The Foundation magazines: Benefits Magazine and Plans & Trusts
Benefits Related Topics That Interest Her Most: Financial literacy, health and wellness programs
Favorite Foundation Conference Moment: Hearing attendees sing “O, Canada” at Canadian Annual in addition to hearing the anthem sung in both French and English.
Personal Insight: Whether she’s collecting information for a magazine story or hanging out with her family and friends, you know Kathy is fully engaged. Her listening ear and introspective nature provide reassuring presence to those enjoying her company.
Although the COVID-19 pandemic caught many off guard, the experience has provided opportunities for apprenticeship programs and training funds to adapt training methods that will meet educational needs far into… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
December 9, 2020
Apprenticeship Programs, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, U.S.apprenticeship, COVID-19, virtual learning
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Many say it would have been nearly impossible for multiemployer benefit funds to prepare for a pandemic as serious and widespread as COVID-19. However, having a comprehensive disaster recovery plan… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
November 23, 2020
Canada, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, U.S.disaster planning, disaster preparedness, disaster recovery plan
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The changes to the health care system brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic are creating a new set of risks and opportunities for health care purchasers and plan sponsors, some… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
November 5, 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Health Care, U.S.coronavirus and the workplace, COVID-19, mental health coverage, telehealth, virtual care
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The COVID-19 global pandemic has added urgency to the case for paperless employee benefit fund administration. In her article “A Virus Makes Paperless Fund Administration Go Viral” in the September… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
October 21, 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Multiemployer, U.S.COVID-19, paperless administration
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This year’s annual benefits enrollment process presents new challenges for benefits professionals as they find themselves in the middle of a pandemic with workers nervous about their financial security as… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
October 1, 2020
Communication, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Health Care, U.S.benefits communication, coronavirus and the workplace, COVID-19, open enrollment, virtual open enrollment
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At the end of a typical summer, many parents of school-aged children would be breathing a sigh of relief, knowing the struggle to keep kids busy and to cobble together… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
September 2, 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, U.S., Work Life Balancecoronavirus and the workplace, COVID-19, virtual school
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About 31% of people in the United States have faced negative economic impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent report from the Commonwealth Fund. Those economic effects include… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
August 20, 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Financial Education, Financial Wellness, U.S.coronavirus and the workplace, COVID-19, emergency savings, financial wellness
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Forced isolation. Trauma caused by loss of life, jobs and normal routines. Uncertainty about the future, not to mention anxiety about becoming infected with the virus. These are just a… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
July 21, 2020
Canada, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Mental Health, U.S.coronavirus and the workplace, COVID-19, mental health in the workplace
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Unless they had multiple members who contracted COVID-19, many health plans may have experienced a temporary reprieve from rising health care costs as plan participants delayed care while the country… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
June 4, 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Health Carecoronavirus and the workplace, COVID-19, health care costs
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Telemedicine benefits have garnered increased attention during the COVID-19 pandemic as people look for ways to avoid going to the doctor or simply can’t get an appointment with their primary… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
May 19, 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Health Carecoronavirus, COVID-19, Employee Benefits in a COVID-19 World Survey Report, telehealth, telemedicine
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