It’s summer vacation season. Employees who may spend the rest of the year squirreling away their vacation time are finally getting out of the office to go on a European… Read more >
July 14, 2017 Employee Benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO), Vacation 0 Read more >
Summertime. Typically a little quieter at work as vacations commence and a lot quieter in Washington, D.C. Not so much this summer. There is plenty to talk about in this… Read more >
July 13, 2017 ACA, Affordable Care Act, Apprenticeship Programs, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Regulatory, Retirement, Talking Benefits Podcast 0 Read more >
David Bowie’s song “Changes” comes to mind as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) replacement morphed into the American Health Care Act and now the Better Care Reconciliation Act. Access to… Read more >
July 11, 2017 ACA, Affordable Care Act, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Mental Health, Regulatory, Wellness 0 Read more >
Workplace wellness programs have come a long way. From their humble beginnings with a heavy focus on fitness and nutrition, they have expanded to encompass initiatives that contribute to an… Read more >
Employees are increasingly aware of their rights to mental health and substance abuse treatment through employer-sponsored health plans. Are you aware of what your plan needs to do? Below are… Read more >
July 5, 2017 DOL, Drug Benefits, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Human Resources, Mental Health, Prescription Drugs, Wellness 0 Read more >
In states where medical marijuana is legal, employee benefits administrators sometimes wonder: Must our plan cover it? Can we legally cover it? Should we cover it? Most states have legalized… Read more >
June 29, 2017 Employee Benefits, Health Care, Prescription Drugs 0 Read more >
A new report released today by the International Foundation and Horizon Actuarial Services, LLC, The Multiemployer Health Plan Landscape: A Ten-Year Look (2005-2014), provides a first-ever comprehensive look at multiemployer… Read more >
June 27, 2017 Employee Benefits, Health Care, Multiemployer 0 Read more >
At a recent meeting to catch up on the week’s ACA repeal and replace happenings, our resident benefit experts Julie Stich, CEBS and Kelli Kolsrud, CEBS were in rapid fire… Read more >
June 26, 2017 ACA, Affordable Care Act, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Legislative 1 Read more >
Why do many employers offer health risk assessments (HRAs) to their workers? Are they providing an opportunity to uncover unknown, life-threatening health risks such as diabetes or high blood pressure?… Read more >
June 22, 2017 Employee Benefits, Health Care, Wellness 0 Read more >
Prescription drug fraud is already a billion-dollar problem for insurers in the United States, with estimates for the cost of drug diversion alone at $75 billion annually. The opioid epidemic… Read more >
June 20, 2017 Drug Benefits, Employee Benefits, Fraud, Prescription Drugs 0 Read more >