Use Pre-Enrollment Sessions To Communicate Benefits Changes
Most people are not health insurance experts, and employers need to reach out early and often.
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Many Millennials Underestimate Health Care Spending
Helping Employees Understand High-Deductible Health Plans
Here are some tips for helping your employees understand high-deductible health plans.
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Why It’s Important to Explain the 1095 Form and Tax Filing Requirements to Employees
Understandably, US taxpayers are confused as to why they received Tax Form 1095, which helps them prove that they had health insurance coverage in 2015 as required under the Affordable Care Act.
Continue reading →The One Form You’ll Need to File Your Taxes This Year
Depending on how they received coverage for the 2015 calendar year, taxpayers may receive one or more of three versions of Tax Form 1095. You can help your employees or, if you are a health plan consultant, your clients’ employees understand how to use the tax form they receive and how to avoid or reduce the penalty for next year.
Continue reading →3 ways to increase participation in a wellness program
Incentives, such as gift cards and discounted medical plan contributions, get employees to complete health assessments and screenings. But, that’s only the first step in a wellness program. To create a healthier workforce, employees must take the next steps, which … Continue reading →
How communication helps create a smart health care consumer
Creating smart healthcare consumers takes personalized and frequent communication. What are the characteristics of a smart health care consumers? Here are some examples: – Carefully chooses a personal doctor (primary care physician) for managing their healthcare – Maintains a healthy … Continue reading →
Don’t miss this benefits opportunity with new hires
This is true story. Only the name is changed to protect the innocent. After he was hired, Bob went through an orientation meeting with someone from HR. He met his boss and coworkers and began applying his skills to his … Continue reading →
Using interactive videos as a one-stop-spot for benefits communication
Over 80 percent of people go online with a computer, smart phone or tablet for personal information and learning. Such online, on-demand and just-in-time access to information is how people learn today. When you centralize your benefits communication online, you … Continue reading →