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Optimizing Outcomes and Containing the Costs of Surgery

Guest Contributor

20 Oct 202222 Feb 2023

By Brand Newland, Pharm. D., and Cal Beyer Surgeries that are unnecessarily invasive or performed under suboptimal conditions often needlessly increase health plan costs and lead to complications for patients. Creating better pathways to care can help health plan sponsors contain the […]

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3 Ways to Support Employees Dealing With Cancer

Bella Tomaw

18 Oct 202225 Oct 2022

Imagine…Your employee comes to you with a devastating cancer diagnosis. Are you prepared for the questions and concerns that follow? Do you have resources readily available? In honor of October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, encourage your organization to take inventory of your […]

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CEBS Impact: Graduates Share Their Experience

Christine Vazquez, CEBS

14 Oct 202214 Oct 2022

Learn how earning the CEBS designation impacted graduates’ careers.

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A Health Care Approach to Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

Eli Argueta

12 Oct 202227 Jan 2023

Hispanics and Latinx in the U.S. face major barriers in accessing health care and th barriers can also provide insights into best practices for employers.

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The Dos and Don’ts of Addressing Mental Health Challenges in the Workplace

Cara McMullin

10 Oct 202228 Apr 2023

Practical suggestions and strategies managers can use to recognize mental health concerns as well as strategies for prevention and early intervention

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Medical Claims Reviews—What Your Plan May Be Missing

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

07 Oct 202207 Oct 2022

With thousands and thousands of codes that can be assigned to everything from the diagnosis of a patient’s condition to the facility where they receive care, there is plenty of room for error in medical billing. And it may never get caught—partly […]

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Supporting Working Parents

Eli Argueta

04 Oct 202227 Jan 2023

Employer considerations for working parents includes a review of current laws and best practices when supporting nursing mothers.

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Looking to Improve Retention? These 15 Wellness Offerings May Do the Trick.

Justin Held, CEBS

29 Sep 202229 Sep 2022

The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans has surveyed benefits practitioners about their workplace wellness initiatives for more than a decade. Over this period, benefits have evolved from time-tested offerings like physical fitness, nutrition and health-screening initiatives to include mental and behavioral […]

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Three Major Workplace Trends You Can’t Ignore

Alyssa Hodder, GBA

27 Sep 202227 Jan 2023

What a time it’s been. A global pandemic, wars, monkeypox . . . in some ways, it feels like we’ve been living in a movie. I can’t watch disaster movies anymore―which I used to love―because they hit too close to home now. […]

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Legal & Legislative Reporter: A Kidney Case

Guest Contributor

22 Sep 202222 Sep 2022

Every month, the International Foundation releases the Legal and Legislative Reporter, a compilation of new employee benefits-related case summaries. Below is a summary we thought you’d be interested in. Content provided by Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. The U.S. Supreme Court reverses and […]