With open enrollment recently behind us, we’re all breathing a sigh of relief. Benefits decisions are made, budgets locked in and the barrage of questions … Read more
3 Tips for Maintaining Morale If You’re Changing Benefits Again
It’s open enrollment season again, and if your benefits are changing considerably, it could cause an engagement dip! A Towers Watson benefits study found – … Read more
Have You Considered Using Videos to Educate Employees About Benefits?
Does your employee benefits education program consist of handing out dusty benefits manuals and sending a single novel-length email from HR? If so, you … Read more
Training the Ted Talk Way
TED Talks, the popular conference and video lecture series, has a cardinal rule that all presenters must follow: No talk can exceed 18 minutes. As TED … Read more
The 3 R’s of Open Enrollment Success
With open enrollment approaching, you’ve probably spent a lot of energy creating the right blend of benefits for employees. Naturally, you want to give … Read more
Cap To Rise on Flexible Spending Accounts, But Late For Open Enrollment
Health flexible spending accounts (FSAs) are a very valuable benefit to many employees, especially as employers have increased employee cost sharing with … Read more
Here’s How You Can Make Open Enrollment Great This Year
After months of planning and building your benefits package, open enrollment is finally right around the corner. Now, how do you ensure your employees are … Read more
The Right Way to Use Tech in Your Wellness Program
Editor’s note: Collecting and analyzing health data can help you make better decisions when it comes to selecting benefits plans and programs, … Read more
Open Enrollment, Seriously? Yes! And Here’s What You Need to Do Now
It’s a beautiful day here in Michigan! 75 degrees and sunny, not a cloud in the sky. In the north, we get only a limited time to enjoy summer, so when it … Read more
Open Enrollment Lesson: Small Changes Can Have a Big Impact on Coverage or Costs
By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News During this fall’s open enrollment period, workers who get health insurance through their employers may not see … Read more
The Challenges an Employee May Have Switching to a Spouse’s Insurance
If a married couple who each have health insurance through a job want to switch coverage from one employer to the other, usually it’s a snap. During the … Read more
Obamacare Bringing Changes to Employer-Based Health Plans,Too
It’s annual enrollment time, the autumn period when many people with job-based health insurance ante up for another year. Although news reports have … Read more
Did Your Open Enrollment Results Match Your Health Care Strategy?
Now that open enrollment is over, it’s time to look at its results. Your results will be key in helping you shape your strategy for the coming year. Take a … Read more
3 Reasons to Keep Communicating AFTER Open Enrollment Ends
During annual open enrollment, your employees are reading and hearing a lot about the importance of using their medical plans, participating in wellness … Read more
Open Enrollment? Here’s What Your Employees Are Saying About It
Ever wish you could be a fly on the wall when your employees are talking about open enrollment? Every open enrollment season we share snippets of the … Read more
Don’t Go Into a Communications Hibernation When Open Enrollment Ends
Right now many companies are deep in the throes of annual enrollment. They’ve spent countless hours with benefits consultants determining the changes to … Read more
Communicating About HSAs and CDHPs During Open Enrollment Season
It’s open enrollment season, and many employers are seeking to increase enrollment in consumer driven health plans (CDHPs). To make sure these plans are … Read more
It’s That Time Again: Are You Ready For Open Enrollment?
The temperature isn’t the only thing rising this summer – our group health insurance is going up over 14 percent. So, as part of my role on our benefits … Read more
3 Things You Should Communicate to Employees After Open Enrollment
Open enrollment was a challenge. You used every tool you have — social media, posters, postcards, a website, managers, your sense of humor and patience—to … Read more
Some Rules of Thumb For Employees During Open Enrollment
When ordering take-out last night for my family, I used a rule of thumb that when you order Chinese food, you should ask for one entree less than the … Read more