The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued proposed regulations that, if finalized, will make it harder for employers to classify lower paid salaried employees as exempt from overtime pay. Previously, in order to avoid
If you had to choose, would you like to improve your well-being or your happiness? Most of us would choose happiness over health, says Kansas City area Chiropractor and Well-being Guru Michelle Robin. The good
More than half of employers are now offering telemedicine services. The services, such as MDLive and Teledoc, offer employees access via telephone and video to board-certified physicians 24 hours a day. They provide diagnosis and
The IRS has been busy lately issuing additional penalty letters for employers’ apparent failure to offer health benefits in 2016. These are called 226J letters. So far, all of the penalty letters we’ve seen have
As companies continue to look for ways to contain healthcare costs, medical carriers are offering a strategy to help – narrow networks. In exchange for a smaller pool of providers and facilities available to members,
We did it! We wrapped up another open enrollment season. Like every year, this year came with its own challenges that we had to get through, but those challenges can set us up for an
News broke a couple of months ago about the possibility of employers offering an enhanced Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) in lieu of health insurance (an option that is currently extremely limited under the ACA). Under
Student debt repayment programs, unlimited PTO help employees live balanced, productive lives Millennials now make up more than a third of the workforce. And, while other generations share their desire for work/life balance, this group
If you’re like many people in HR, with January 1 healthcare renewals on the horizon, you find this to be a hectic time of the year. No matter how much planning you do, it seems
As the health care landscape becomes increasingly complex, it is becoming harder for employees to get the right care at the right time for the best cost. And costs for the employer continue to escalate.