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Benefit Advisors Can Help Employers Fix the Lack of Engagement Around Benefits
BenefitsPro; free registration required 
Mar. 25, 2024
"Employers, benefits advisors and HR professionals need to leverage the available data, tools, and human connections at their fingertips to reimagine benefits engagement as a year-round conversation -- a communication stream that is dynamic, personal, and robust."
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Cyberattacks Are on the Rise: Plan Sponsors, Is Your Retirement Plan Protected?
BenefitsPro; free registration required
Mar. 20, 2024
"A world rife with cyberattacks has caused great uncertainty to fiduciaries, especially when personal liability is at stake.... The first step for affected parties is to comprehend the threats and to embrace the full array of countermeasures at their disposal. Through the implementation of prudent actions, coupled with vigilance and training, plan sponsors can take the necessary steps to defray unwanted liability."
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Another Lawsuit Alleges Cigna Uses Algorithm That Auto-Denied 300,000 Claims
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Mar. 14, 2024
"The plaintiff alleged that once the algorithm denies claims, Cigna's medical doctors confirm the denials without checking the patients' medical history. .. Consumer class actions alleging the same claims in this case have already been filed in the Eastern District Court of California, the Southern District Court of California, and two others in Connecticut District Court." [Sachs v. Cigna Corp., No. 24-0329 (D. Conn. complaint filed Mar. 11, 2024)]
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Standalone Telehealth Bridges the Health Care Gap for Uninsured Employees
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Mar. 11, 2024
"Navigating the complex landscape of employee benefits poses a challenge for employers, especially those seeking to support part-time workers or individuals exempt from mandatory benefit provisions. Cost-effective options, particularly standalone telehealth services, can not only significantly improve access to care but also lead to enhanced employee productivity and improved retention rates."
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Workers Cry for Choice: Employer Health Plans Leave Everyone Upset
BenefitsPro; free registration required
Mar. 8, 2024
"Last year's peak inflation rates will affect the health care sector in 2024 as multiyear contracts expire. Utilization remains high as Americans continue to catch up on nearly four years of treatments they may have missed or deferred during the pandemic.... Demand for pricey specialty drugs such as GLP-1s for weight loss will further drive up costs across the industry. New regulations aimed at providing more transparency from pharmacy benefit managers and carriers will add to the administrative burden."
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Obesity, Excess Weight Cost Businesses, Employees More Than $400 Billion in 2023
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Feb. 27, 2024
"Researchers estimate that approximately 3 in 10 working adults are classified as obese and one-third meet the criteria for being overweight. Excess body weight is strongly linked to a heightened risk of chronic disease, including heart disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, certain cancers and other health conditions."
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A Crystal-Ball View of Retirement Plans in 2024: A Plan Sponsor Priority Checklist
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Feb. 22, 2024
"Expect more emphasis on participant services ... [L]ifetime income within defined-contribution plans on the rise ... 403(b) plans will continue influencing 401(k) plans ... [C]hanges in plan design."
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Will Self-Funded Plans Get Caught Up in Carrier and TPA Legal Battles?
BenefitsPro; free registration required
Jan. 25, 2024
"[T]his lawsuit ... was filed by the DOL itself, rather than by employers or plan participants, which carries significant implications for the industry. In addition to summarizing key points of DOL's complaint against BCBSM, Inc., this article will also provide an overview of several recent lawsuits that have been filed against other TPAs, emphasizing the growing scrutiny of their claims payment and oversight practices by various stakeholders." [Su v. BCBSM, Inc., No. 24-0099 (D. Minn. complaint filed Jan. 12, 2024)]
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Crossroads of Tech and Benefits: Navigating Self-Funded Benefit Plans in 2024
BenefitsPro; free registration required
Jan. 19, 2024
"In addition to being cognizant of requirements and best practices, employers now must understand how new innovative technologies and solutions, namely artificial intelligence (AI), will impact their businesses and benefit offerings.... [As] employers consider the best way to leverage AI, they should be aware of the impact it may have on data privacy and security, sensitive personal information, and potential breaches."
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The Impact of the Work from Home Era on Vision Care
BenefitsPro; free registration required
Jan. 16, 2024
"Despite being often overlooked in health care benefits, vision care is pivotal in identifying and addressing key medical issues early on. With the new year underway and January marking National Eye Care Month, now is the ideal time for benefits advisors to start conversations about ancillary products like vision."
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What Employees Want in Their Health Care Benefits
BenefitsPro; free registration required
Jan. 16, 2024
"[1] Employees want to keep their primary provider.... [2] Employees want premiums that are affordable and low out-of-pocket costs.... [3] Employees want critical illness insurance.... [4] Employees want access to mental health services: ... [5] Employees want to understand their coverage and how it works."
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Claim Denied? Health Insurers Must Promptly Hand Over Records, But Most Don't
BenefitsPro; free registration required
Jan. 9, 2024
"Federal regulations require health insurers to promptly hand over records to patients facing claim denials within 30 days, however, Anthem, Aetna and UnitedHealth blew past the 30-day deadline in a recent ProPublica investigation."
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Michigan Health Insurers Cannot Deny New Cancer Treatments: Will Other States Step Up?
BenefitsPro; free registration required
Jan. 9, 2024
"Michigan's top insurance regulator [reminded health plans] that they cannot deny coverage for clinically proven cancer treatments, after a deceased patient's insurer refused to pay for life-saving gene therapy treatment."
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Employers Looking to Drive Engagement by Consolidating Benefits, Adding Virtual Specialty Care
BenefitsPro; free registration required
Dec. 21, 2023
"Although 86% are satisfied with their current health and medical benefit offerings, they are inundated with the management of 49 or more narrowly focused, condition-specific point solutions."
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Mark Cuban Is Taking on Big Pharma, in a Quest to Help Employers Lower Drug Costs
BenefitsPro; free registration required
Nov. 20, 2023
"As CEO of Cost Plus Drug Co., Mark Cuban is telling other CEOs: 'If the big 3 PBMs, which also own the insurance companies, lose 5 of the top 15 non-PBM Fortune 50 companies, their business practices are going to change.' "
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C-Suite's Input Is Key to Successful Health, 401(k) Plan Designs
BenefitsPro; free registration required
Oct. 30, 2023
"Evaluating and designing a benefits package that packs a punch is a big lift that requires the involvement of an organization's top decision makers and leaders. Too often, however, companies relegate all benefit-related tasks to just the human resources department ... The C-suite possesses the data and information necessary to make key benefits strategy decisions, such as growth and profit projections, anticipated personnel needs, merger and acquisition possibilities, financial analyses, and product-development goals."
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Drugmakers Reluctantly Agree to Medicare Drug Price Negotiations, as Lawsuits Continue
BenefitsPro; free registration required
Sept. 29, 2023
"Merck, AstraZeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb and Boehringer Ingelheim have signed agreements to participate in the first round of Medicare drug price negotiations, while the remaining drugmakers have until Oct. 1 to decide."
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As Student Loan Payments Resume, Here's How Employers Can Help
BenefitsPro; free registration required
Sept. 12, 2023
"Employees will likely seek help in the months ahead due to the re-emergence of student debt servicing.... [K]ey actions employers can take right now: [1] Inventory all available resources first, particularly if they are already included in the broader benefit plan.... [2] Understand how these various benefits can help, how they may interact across platforms and what service gaps and resources still exist.... [3] Consider tuition assistance programs and student loan assistance programs."
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Self-Funding Strategies vs. ICHRA as Alternatives to Traditional Health Insurance
BenefitsPro; free registration required
Aug. 25, 2023
"For all its advantages, ... self-funding is not without its challenges -- some of which may not become apparent in the first year of coverage.... [R]egardless of whether a company is self-funded or fully insured, the claim exposure, volatility and administrative needs associated with managing multiple moving parts can be unanticipated and unbudgeted.... One promising alternative is the individual coverage health reimbursement arrangement (ICHRA), a potential game-changer in the health care landscape."
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Employees Prioritize 401(k) Plans with $1.8 Million Retirement Savings Goal in Mind
BenefitsPro; free registration required
Aug. 21, 2023
"On average, survey respondents expect they will need about $1.8 million saved to achieve a comfortable retirement, up slightly from last year's estimate of $1.7 million. However, confidence in their ability to attain their retirement goals slipped this year from 47% of 401(k) participants indicating they were very likely to meet their goals last year to 37% this year, amid a variety of economic challenges."
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