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Benefits Madness: The Champion

Anne Patterson

04 Apr 202204 Apr 2022

Thanks for sticking with us throughout Benefits Madness! Your votes determined the 2022 Champion: Remote work/telecommuting. The pandemic offered a forced experiment of sorts with remote/hybrid work and it looks like it’s here to stay (in some capacity!) The final four innovative […]

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Benefits Madness: The Championship

Anne Patterson

31 Mar 202231 Mar 2022

Benefits Madness was not all fun and games—It gave us a chance to see what innovative employee benefits the fans are really rooting for! Benefit offerings like healthy snacks and subsidized mobile devices were quickly eliminated in favor of more flexible offerings […]

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Evaluating Gene Therapy Financing Programs

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

29 Mar 202229 Mar 2022

Gene therapies for rare health conditions have the potential to vastly improve or even save a health plan participant’s life, but they often come with a high price tag, sometimes extending into the millions of dollars. In one example, a treatment for […]

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Benefits Madness: Final Four

Anne Patterson

28 Mar 202228 Mar 2022

Which of your favorite innovative employee benefit offerings made it to the final four? Continue voting and following along to find out! “Standing, treadmill or stationary bike desks” made it this far but had no chance against “Remote work/telecommuting.” “Flexible work hours/compressed […]

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Benefits Madness: Elite Eight

Anne Patterson

24 Mar 202224 Mar 2022

Which of your favorite innovative employee benefit offerings made it to the elite eight? Continue voting and following along to find out! Fans traded their hoodies and sneakers (team “Relaxed Dress Code”) in favor of “Paid Family Leave” in the latest round. […]

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Is Your Plan Evolving with Gender Norms?

Alyssa Hodder, GBA

22 Mar 202222 Mar 2022

Diversity, equity and inclusion has become a critically important consideration, but a lot needs to change in the pension and benefits industry to adequately address it. This Q&A with Karen DeBortoli, Director, Knowledge Resource Centre and Canadian Privacy Officer with Buck, explores […]

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Benefits Madness: Week Three

Anne Patterson

17 Mar 202217 Mar 2022

While you might be making your traditional March Madness bracket predictions this week, the BENEFITS Madness continues into week three! Which of your favorite innovative employee benefit offerings are advancing along? Continue voting and following along to find out! It came down […]

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How Can Employers Evaluate and Reduce Burnout?

Cara McMullin

16 Mar 202226 Apr 2022

The Foundation recently hosted a webinar titled “Preventing Burnout in the New Future of Work” with workplace well-being expert Jennifer Moss, author of The Burnout Epidemic. Moss will be a keynote speaker at the 32nd Annual Art & Science of Health Promotion […]

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Keeping Compliant With HIPAA Security Regulations

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15 Mar 202215 Mar 2022

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR), under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is responsible for enforcing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). In 2020, OCR received 27,182 HIPAA-related complaints. Of these, some of the most […]

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Springing Forward at Work

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

10 Mar 202226 Apr 2022

Regardless of their views on the necessity of daylight saving time—which starts Sunday for many in the United States and Canada—employers should pay attention to how springing forward (and falling back) affects their workers, experts say. Setting the clock an hour ahead […]