Transgender-inclusive health care benefit offerings are on the rise, according to a new survey from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. Up from 12 percent in 2016, 29 percent… Read more >
June 20, 2018 Employee Benefits, Employee Benefits Survey, Health Care, HR, Human Resources 0 Read more >
More and more employers are seeking cost savings by discouraging or blocking employees from enrolling their spouses in the employer’s health plan. Here’s what you need to know about the… Read more >
Although health saving accounts (HSAs) have been available since 2003, for many plan sponsors new situations continue to arise. One of those situations could be having an employee turn 65…. Read more >
Employers and plan sponsors scrutinize the cost of their health care benefit plans with a keen eye. One area that causes major eye twitch is specialty prescription drugs. As reported… Read more >
June 5, 2018 Drug Benefits, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Prescription Drugs 0 Read more >
What’s the best recipe for making sure your plan participants are receiving high-value health care? The old cookbook called for health plan sponsors to focus on getting the cheapest health… Read more >
June 4, 2018 Employee Benefits, Health Care, Insurance 0 Read more >
Each month, the International Foundation’s three resident benefits nerdthusiasts Julie Stich, Kelli Kolsrud and Justin Held, meet to discuss the top stories in retirement and health care, the latest benefits hot… Read more >
May 25, 2018 Employee Benefits, Health Care, Prescription Drugs, Talking Benefits Podcast 1 Read more >
Readers are aware of the significant toll that cancer has on our society. We have all been touched on a personal level by cancer’s reach. According to the Centers for… Read more >
May 22, 2018 Disease Management, Employee Benefits, Health Care 0 Read more >
Every year since 2011, May 4 has skyrocketed in popularity as Star Wars Day—as in, “May the Fourth be with you.” This growing, intergalactic groundswell reveals some truths relevant to… Read more >
May 4, 2018 Disability, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO) 6 Read more >
The 2018 Canadian federal budget announced that health and welfare trusts (HWTs)—the tax vehicle under which most benefit trusts currently operate—are being phased out by the end of 2020. Still… Read more >
April 19, 2018 Canada, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Legislative 0 Read more >
You’re a benefits professional—You know your benefits program like the back of your hand. But now, as employees are getting close to the age of 65, they’re starting to ask… Read more >
April 12, 2018 Employee Benefits, Health Care, Insurance 0 Read more >