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Benefit Enrollment & Eligibility
The Benefit Enrollment & Eligibility community highlights the latest news and innovative trends employers are using to streamline and cut administrative costs, and how employers are effectively engaging their employee population to enroll in an offered benefits program.
Articles
HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM SELECTS BENEFITFOCUS
Benefitfocus today announced that Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) has selected Benefitfocus for online enrollment, benefits management and communication technology. The Maryland school district introduced BENEFITFOCUS® HR InTouch to its 8,200 employees as part of this year’s open enrollment. Howard County is located along the Washington-Baltimore corridor, and HCPSS
New Survey Finds Most Companies Plan to Increase Dollar Value
New Survey Finds Most Companies Plan to Increase Dollar Value of Incentives Offered to Workers This Year...Fidelity® and the National Business Group on Health Offer Five Action Steps To Help Employers Maximize Program Effectiveness
Transitions Employee Survey Shows Aging Workforce Values Vision Benefit, but Doesn't Take Advantage
Those at Highest Risk Missing Preventive Care Opportunity; Study Uncovers Opportunities to Improve Overall Employee Education Efforts
Alere Receives Full URAC Case Management & Utilization Management Accreditation
URAC is recognized and respected by industry leaders nationally for its commitment to ensuring that health programs provide optimal outcomes and quality.
Press Releases
ADP Survey Says Health Care Reform, More Compliance Complexity may Drive Outsourcing of Ben Admin
A new ADP survey shows that health care reform and compliance complexity are leading more companies to re-think how they administer benefits and to consider outsourcing the function.
CRC Health Group Moves Employee Benefits to the Benefitfocus Cloud
CRC Health Group employees will soon have a better way to enroll in all of their benefits. The California-based healthcare services company has selected BENEFITFOCUS® HR InTouch to manage enrollment and communication for all types of benefits – medical, voluntary and financial – all in
Health Insurance for Children in 2012: eHealthInsurance Publishes Updated Data on Open Enrollment
eHealthInsurance, the leading online source of health insurance for individuals, families and small businesses, released an updated list of open enrollment periods for child-only individual health insurance plans in states where information was available.
Blog Posts
On the Health Care Reform Horizon: New Info on W-2s
05/16/2012 - With the slew of other new legal disclosures coming up this summer, adding the full...
John Driscoll joins Castlight Health as President
05/15/2012 - Castlight Health is getting serious about pursuing its ambition to bring health care transparency to...
IHC FORUM WEST 2012
05/14/2012 - The IHC FORUM WEST 2012 Registration is now open. We have a new and exciting...
More Information Is Not Always Better: Pulling Consumers Into Active Choices About Testing
05/08/2012 - “I’m thinking of getting a full-body CT scan,” Jane said. “What do you think?” Here...
White Papers
Final Regulations Require New Health Plan Summaries for Most Fall Enrollments
The federal agencies responsible for implementing the health reform law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), issued final regulations relating to the requirement that insurers and plan sponsors distribute four-page "plain English" benefit summaries to health plan enrollees.
New Study Shows Potential Savings from Enrolling Dual Eligible Beneficiaries in Managed Care Plans
A new study by Ken Thorpe examines the health care quality and savings potential of health plans and other care coordination models for Medicare/Medicaid dual eligibles.
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