Employee Benefit Adviser - Keeping benefits advisers and consultants on top of the trends

HITECH's impact on benefit brokers and advisers

The new HITECH law expands HIPAA's health privacy rules, creating several responsibilities and penalties that apply to benefit brokers and advisers. With enforcement of the HITECH rules slated to begin this month, attorney Christine Roberts provides an overview of the requirements and offers some tips on what to do now to prepare.
Open enrollment made easy

Static to dynamic, headache to pain reliever, Wayne Wall is looking to transform the way employers and advisers communicate benefits through technology - and the CEO of Flimp Media, Inc. believes Flimp's "video landing pages" are the answer.
Wellness programs linked to employee engagement, retention

Employees are eight times more likely to be engaged in their work when their employers make wellness a priority, according to a white paper from Right Management, a subsidiary of Manpower Inc.

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Employee Benefit Adviser's 'Raw Bar': the latest in the industry, 24-7

Want to be "in the know"? EBA has daily in-depth interviews and "discussions with the leading employee benefits minds of our time. We're giving you the insight and analysis you need to serve your clients. This is unfiltered stuff, hence the name, so we can't always promise pretty, but we're determined to bring the latest industry talk right to your desktops 24-7.
Benefits CE

Members can find discounted classes through the International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans.
Benefitnews Bookstore

In the Benefitnews Bookstore, U.S. and Canadian employers can choose from among the newest titles and benefits classics from the most respected publisher in the business ... the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans.