A recent survey found that the majority of employees prefer traditional employer-sponsored health insurance over cash-for-coverage plans. These plans involve receiving cash through an individual...
Stop-loss insurance renewal rates are likely to increase for companies that self-insure their group health benefits or are in partial self-insured plans called level-funding, due to the rapidly...
A new report has found that employers are increasingly wrestling with two challenges in their human resources departments: growing employee benefits fiduciary liability issues, and administrative...
A new study has identified the top five health conditions that are driving the overall cost of group health plan outlays, and without which spending would actually be falling. The report is...
Employees using their group health plan who are unfamiliar with how to access care can inflate both your plan costs and their out-of-pocket expenses. Those who may not use their group health plan...
Group health plan trends for 2025 are emerging as health insurance costs continue to rise at an uncomfortable pace. Employers in 2025 plan to shake up the status quo with their healthcare vendors,...
Employee surveillance has become more common as more people have been working remotely over the last few years, with some employers turning to tracking software to ensure that staff are working...
The percentage of employers who are covering new and trendy weight-loss drugs has risen in 2024, continuing a trend of increasing coverage despite the costs, according to a new survey. The study, by...
New IRS guidance expands the types of preventive care benefits that high-deductible health plans are required to cover with no out-of-pocket costs for plan enrollees. The changes are aimed at...
Natural disasters, such as hurricanes and earthquakes, cause extensive property damage, physical injuries and loss of life. The distress might not end there, however. Mental health experts say...
During his first term as president, Donald J. Trump succeeded in expanding short-term health insurance plans and tried but failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). His administration also...
A new wave of class-action lawsuits is targeting employers that apply health insurance premium surcharges to employees who use tobacco, accusing them of discrimination and violating the Employee...