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Katie Kuehner-Hebert is a freelance writer based in Running Springs, Calif. She has more than three decades of journalism experience, with particular expertise in employee benefits and other human resource topics.
The fastest-growing segments? Health risk assessments and weight management programs.
Sedentary workers are particularly at risk of developing a chronic condition, and the number of younger workers at risk is alarming.
Kempler Industries analyzed 200 cities to see where people who work the hardest live.
While most people generally like their health care, they admit they have no real control over the process or the cost.
From 2014 to 2018, telemedicine usage grew 624 percent, but still represents just 0.1394 percent of all medical claims.
Men and women disagree on whether businesses can fix the issue themselves, or whether government needs to step in and regulate the issue.
Over the next year, employers plan to upskill their HR team or hire in external talent to meet data analytics needs.
The number of physicians who reported telemedicine “as a skill” doubled from 2015 to 2018 and continues to increase.
Benefit advisors say “value to employees” was the leading factor for an organization to add a new benefit this year.
Only a third of the HR leaders surveyed see digitalization as a way to fundamentally transform their company's business model.