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Attention Business Leaders & Benefits Brokers! Enhancing health literacy is crucial, not just for personal well-being but also for optimizing workforce productivity and morale. At #TheVBShop, we're passionate about empowering businesses with tools and resources to elevate health understanding. Knowledge is power, and when it comes to health, it's also prevention, clarity, and peace of mind. Let's work together to champion health literacy in our workplaces this month and beyond. #TheVBShop #HealthLiteracy #EmpowerEmployees #BusinessBenefits https://lnkd.in/d-Tkxfr

Texas employers- Renewal season is coming up fast! Make sure that you are working with the best team to help make sure that you get benefits that actually make a difference for your business and your employees. We love our employer partners, and we are working one business at a time to put CARE back in healthcare. We'd love to work with you too! #employeebenefits #benefits #benefitsadministration #benefitsstrategy #cfos #ceos #humanresources

Your ISVMA is proud to partner with CorpCare for Member Assistance Program (MAP) and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services for ISVMA members and their employees. CorpCare is an organization experienced in providing specialized emotional assistance for veterinary professionals working in demanding and, at times, critical environments. As an employer, offering EAP services provides a caring solution that focuses on sensitive issues that an employee working in your clinic may be facing. With an EAP offered through CorpCare, your team has access to assistance with personal concerns and family-related issues that can affect performance and staff attrition. Stress, compassion fatigue and mental health concerns often go untreated and are the leading cause of employee under-performance, absenteeism and job abandonment or termination. Learn more: https://buff.ly/3ywTCIa

WellRight is delighted to be a part of Accolade, Inc. 's Trusted Partner Ecosystem. 🤝 Our combined efforts address some of the most common employee pain points, including: 🚨 confusion around benefits 🚨 misunderstandings with healthcare providers 🚨 inadequate care Low satisfaction and utilization of benefits lead to wasted #healthcare spend, which can negatively impact any employer. That’s why Accolade and WellRight are #bettertogether when it comes to supporting a healthier employee population and your clients’ bottom line. ⭐ One way WellRight enhances the Accolade experience is through incentive management. Whether you’re participating in an existing Accolade program, a current WellRight program, or both, we ensure your employees’ hard work is recognized. ⭐

In a recent article with America's Benefit Specialist, Christine Cooper, CEO, aequum discusses why understanding health plan rights and compliance strategies are so important in response to the No Surprises Act. Employer-sponsored health plan administrators need to understand their rights under the No Surprises Act and how to leverage price-transparency mandates designed to reveal the true cost of provider health services before receiving care and submitting a claim. Read the timely article here: https://lnkd.in/dszTtuvZ #HealthcareTransparency #NoSurprisesAct #medicalbilling #medicalbills #medicaldebt #healthinsurance #medicare #pricetransparency #medicaldebt

Calling all benefits brokers! 📢 BerniePortal's 7th annual conference is in ONE MONTH, and the hotel room block is almost full! Weekdays with Bernie is your greatest opportunity to protect and grow your book of business: --Invite clients with whom you want to better your relationship --Invite clients to show their value to you and say thanks --Invite prospects to close new business --Invite prospects AND clients, so your biggest supporters can promote you to others Our team has gathered amazing speakers for this year's lineup, like UKG Chairman Aron Ain to share their insights with HR professionals and other industry experts. It's not just for HR pros, though-- we have speakers you will want to hear, too. Eli Lilly and Company the pharmaceutical competitor to Novo Nordisk (producer and distributor of Ozempic), is joining us. Jessica Rhodes, PharmD, BCGP , Eli Lilly's Senior Director of Employer Engagement, will provide insight into why and how employers can provide access to Zepbound, the competing product for Ozempic for aiding weight loss. Use my code TRENNIE for 35% off your tickets. The value of Weekdays with Bernie is unbeatable. See you in April! www.weekdayswithbernie.com

It’s coming…. Open enrollment is right around the corner — and HR teams, and their insurance and broker partners, are bracing themselves. Months of preparation culminates in long days of benefit fairs, (fingers and toes crossed against) technology and shipping issues, and if your benefit plans have changed, anxious employees. It’s been awhile since I last sat behind a six-foot table with my brochures and tchotchkes, but I can say that those face-to-face conversations are what solidified a career-long dedication to them — the human beings of our health care system. The moms and dads and kids and young adults and older adults who just want to understand and to be confident they’ll be ok if they get sick or hurt. That’s it. At the end of the day, that’s what we all really care about. And it’s why I always recommend health care leaders spend a little time behind one of those six-foot tables and answer the questions of the people they serve. Keeps things in perspective, you know? #openenrollment #benefits #humanresources #insurancebrokers #insurancecompanies

Employees continue to be dissatisfied with benefits communications. This article give some great tips on how to improve benefit communications programs. TL:DR 1. Personalize communications 2. Include eligible family members 3. Don't assume or stereotype 4. Have a process that makes benefits easy to understand 5. Year round communication 6. Implement a benefits engagement platform like Jellyvision #engagement #hrcommunity #benefitsstrategy #benefits #medicare https://lnkd.in/dUbMqqWa

Here is a summary of the key points from 2023 Year-End Employee Benefits update from Quarles & Brady LLP. Pay attention to section: Complying with the Gag Clause Attestation Requirement by Year End. Summary: 📅 First annual Gag Clause Prohibition Compliance Attestation due by December 31, 2023 🚫 Plans must remove gag clauses from provider contracts that restrict transparency 📝 Plan sponsors must submit attestation online annually on CMS website. 🏥 Applies to most group health plans including self-funded, governmental, church plans. ⚖️ Plans that fail to comply may face civil penalties. 🔍 Sponsors should review contracts for gag clauses and amend if needed. 🤝 Service providers can attest on behalf of self-funded plans with agreement. ✍️ For new contracts, add language clearly defining gag clause expectations. 🗓 Prepare to complete attestation by December 31st deadline. Jeffrey Hogan Julie Selesnick Jamie Greenleaf AIF, CBFA, C(k)P Darren Fogarty SubPop Health, Inc.