What’s Hot in Recruiting in 2016?
Staying on top of recruiting trends helps you avoid potential recruiting problems that might affect your organization. Let’s take a look at 2016’s most important trends.
Tag: benefits
Care Coordination: Providers, Payers & Plans Put Consumer First
Health plans and their sponsors should pay close attention to the health care providers that are improving consumer experiences and clinical outcomes, and take note of how they are doing it. In a system where it’s every provider for himself, provider have little incentives to make it easier for patients to get care, to improve […]
2016 Global Medical Cost Increases Expected to Be 2.5X Higher than General Inflation
A new report from Aon Hewitt estimates that the average cost increases for employer-sponsored medical plans globally will be 9.1% in 2016—5.5 percentage points higher than the global average projected inflation rate of 3.6%.
Ask the Expert: When Are Mid-Year FSA Elections Changes Permitted?
Our company will be acquired and therefore all of our employees will be terminating our current company and will be hired by the acquiring company. In regards to our Dependent Care Account, can current participants who are contributing change their contribution amount based on this acquisition being out of their control? We would not want […]
Stress-Reduction Training Gains Momentum as Part of Wellness Strategy
More than half of employees in a recent study reported high levels of stress. How are employers responding, given the impact on employees’ health, productivity, and morale?
Cadillac Tax Will Hit Middle Class Hardest, Researchers Conclude
Two researchers from the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Public Health have concluded that the Cadillac Tax will hit middle-class families the hardest, according to new research published in the March 2016 issue of the International Journal of Health Services.
Same-Sex Marriage Is Established but Benefits Issues Persist
By Susan Schoenfeld, JD It’s been over 2 years since the U.S. Supreme Court effectively legalized same-sex marriage in the case of U.S. v. Windsor and a year since the Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, required states to issue marriage licenses for same-sex marriages and to recognize a same-sex marriage performed in another state. So, […]
How Health Plans Help Providers Convert to Quality & Value Models
Health care providers need help moving to value-based reimbursement and adopting accountable care models, and insurers and health plans often provide the best support, health plan executives told a recent conference. They discussed best practices for helping providers adopt value based pay and outcome-based reimbursement on April 11 at the World Health Care Congress in […]
Why Should Employers Like Private Benefit Exchanges?
Yesterday’s Advisor explored a survey where it was shown that private benefit exchanges are preferred by employees. But what about their effect on the employer? Today we’ll find out.
How Much Do Employees Appreciate Their Benefits?
Have you heard of private benefit exchanges? While the concept is fairly new, the results are already showing. Today we’ll examine a survey by Liazon® that addresses the ups and downs of private benefit exchanges.