Brokers, carriers and politicians have written and spoken volumes about the status of health care benefits in 2017. As the year winds down, is it possible to sum up the 12-month roller-coaster in just one word?
Open enrollment season (or one of them, anyway) is in full swing, and don't I know it. As a channel manager for broker partnerships at Jellyvision, I work with brokers and brokerage organizations representing clients across a range of industries and company sizes. I see what the big guys are...
Technology, workplace flexibility and increased awareness of generational differences continued to be important issues for HR professionals and brokers in 2017.
There is only so much organizations can do to prevent the financial cost in the face of one of these catastrophes, but partnering with an EAP in the aftermath can help address the emotional toll on employees.
Young American workers are bringing in fancy kitchen tools such as slicers and other specialized utensils and then assembling all the ingredients to put together a real meal, and some employers are responding by making their kitchens better places in which to cook.
Some big financial players are moving to co-opt bitcoin and lure more mainstream investors into the market, even before regulators have agreed on just what the volatile cryptocurrency is.
The U.S. government should use its heft to negotiate lower prescription drug prices, according to a group of independent experts who advise the nation on science and medicine.
Purdue Pharma LP acknowledged in a letter that the maker of the opioid painkiller Oxycontin is in negotiations with state attorneys general over lawsuits accusing the company of creating a public-health crisis with its mishandling of the drug.
In early October, an executive at one of the nations largest physician-practice management firms handed her bosses the equivalent of a live grenade a 20-page report that blew up the company and shook the world of managed care for poor patients across California.