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  • Employee dietary habits affect productivity

    Employers striving for a more productive workforce may want to begin their mission in the cafeteria. Employees with balanced diets have 10 times more energy, compared to workers with poor dietary habits, reports ComPsych Corp. in its 2008 Health & Productivity Index.

  • Separating self-funding fact from fiction

    Fifty-five percent of the employers in the United States with more than 200 employees partially or completely self-fund their health plans. Yet despite the prevalence of self-insured plans, there is still misinformation about them.

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  • Taking off: Expectations for medical tourism continue to soar

    Morgan Armstrong had heard a lot of casual talk about medical tourism; however, discussion on the subject had been growing louder over the past six months. So, the president of Plan Benefit Services, a Columbia, South Carolina-based employee benefit advisory firm hosted a meeting with his clients where he shared what he knew on the subject and asked the employers what they thought.

  • The mechanics of CDH

    There are some hard truths to swallow when analyzing the state of health care in America - like the fact that over half of health care costs are attributable to behaviors tracing back to before any care is necessary. These behaviors may be smoking, lack of exercise, poor nutrition or a mismanaged illness.

  • Chamber highlights health care inefficiencies

    If the United States health care system is to become affordable and effective, then a greater emphasis on technology, transparency and the quality of care is needed to make the system more efficient, said U.S. Chamber of Commerce CEO Tom Donahue at a health care roundtable Tuesday, in Washington, DC.

  • Is one vision rep as good as the next?

    We're trying to ferret out the industry's best again. This time we're focusing on group vision. Just like dental and disability there are dozens of carriers in the market, but are the bonds betwixt broker and rep as strong in vision? How important is rep service on this product line? Those are just some of the questions we're trying answer.

  • Medical costs projected to accelerate

    After five years of steady decline, the growth rate of medical costs will level off at 9.6% in 2009, followed by a possible increase in growth rates, predicts a new study by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

  • The Friday Fray: Medical Tourism

    This week's Friday Fray discusses medical tourism, a fast-growing area of employee benefits aimed at employees who will travel overseas to receive high-quality but lower cost health care.

  • New HSA funding opportunities via IRAs

    The health savings account has already proven to be a relatively flexible account-based benefit in its ability to be layered with other products and double as a retirement vehicle. Now the product can add another feather to its hat. Owners of individual retirement accounts who are enrolled in a high-deductible health plan can shift IRA funds into a HSA, without facing a tax penalty.

  • Retiree health expenses: How much is enough?

    Workers nearing retirement may want to beef up their retirement savings earmarked for health care premiums and out-of-pocket medical expenses, suggests new research by the Employee Benefit Research Institute.

  • Tackle consumerism models with today's panel

    Tune in today at 3:00 pm to an online forum where experts will offer tips and tactics for building consumerism models that meet employer demands.

  • Nursing home reviews mixed

    A new study may have some thinking twice about their long term care options. The U.S. nursing home system must reevaluate how its facilities are designed and managed, according to the Commonwealth Fund.

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