New media in group benefits
There’s no turning back now. As technology advances and we become more mobile and more accustomed to on-demand access, plan sponsors have no choice but…
- By: Tammy Burns
- May 5, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 12:08
Latest news in Health benefits
Benefits column: To serve or protect?
Offering coverage for paramedical services can make your benefits plan attractive to employees. But, at the same time, paramedicals can crush your plan’s experience, saddling…
- By: Marla Schwartz
- May 1, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
What you need to know about benefits plan governance
Governance is not just for pension plans—it's necessary for benefits plans, too.
- By: Brooke Smith
- April 29, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 10:37
Medical marijuana: Considerations for plan sponsors
April 1 ushered in a new era with respect to the medical use of marijuana in Canada. There are emerging implications for plan sponsors that…
- April 23, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
How companies tackle the rise of high-cost claimants
As longevity increases and chronic diseases become more prevalent in Canada, companies are seeing a rise in the number of high-cost claimants. Different employers discussed…
- By: Yaldaz Sadakova
- April 16, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 12:10
New employees want benefits
Extended health and dental coverage is very important to Canadians' decisions when considering a new position or job, according to a survey.
- By: Staff
- April 15, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 09:05
ClaimSecure offers optional funding arrangement for plans
ClaimSecure has launched its new single/family budgeted rates as an optional funding arrangement for plan sponsors' administrative services only health and dental plans.
- By: Staff
- April 9, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 11:58
How to help employers with eldercare responsibilities
The workforce demographic is changing and so are the needs of employees caring for seniors. More than eight million Canadians are caregivers, providing supervision and/or…
- By: Carolyn Tinglin
- April 3, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Celebrate National Employee Benefits Day
The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans is once again leading the celebrations for the annual National Employee Benefits Day.
- By: Staff
- April 1, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 13:55
2014 Group Benefits Providers Report: No More Silos
In an era of evolving workplace demographics and escalating healthcare costs, integrated wellness is the way forward
- By: Kanupriya Vashisht
- April 1, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
How to better manage drug plans
Some stakeholders in the health benefits community believe that the cost of new (patented) medicines threatens the sustainability of prescription drug benefits in Canada. At…
- By: Dr. Brett J. Skinner
- March 31, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
The benefits of offering health screening to employees
The cancer diagnosis came as a surprise to the Bay Street accountant last year. He had a family doctor but hadn’t seen him for five…
- By: Yolanda Billinkoff
- March 28, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Government, public sector agree on changes to health benefits
The federal government and the public sector have reached an agreement to make changes to the Public Service Health Care Plan (PSHCP).
- By: Staff
- March 27, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 10:00
One thing you can do now to communicate better
A picture really is worth a thousand words. That doesn’t mean you should turn your next pension statement or benefits plan newsletter into a four-page…
- By: Susan Deller
- March 25, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 11:06
Gap between insurance premiums and benefits paid rises: Study
Spending by Canadians on private health insurance has more than doubled over the past 20 years, but a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association…
- By: Staff
- March 25, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 11:02
What employers need to know about rheumatoid arthritis
Over the past year or two, plan sponsors have likely noticed drugs treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) suddenly appearing in their listing of top therapeutic classes…
- March 14, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 10:25
Desjardins launches phone health counselling
Desjardins Insurance has launched Health PACT (Prevention, Assistance and Counselling by Telephone), a new service for employees of companies with Desjardins group health insurance.
- By: Staff
- March 13, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 15:09
BenefitsRx offers home delivery service
BenefitsRX is offering a home delivery pharmacy program.
- By: Staff
- March 10, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 10:01
The challenges of U.S. health-care reform for Canadian employers
While Canadian plan sponsors are more likely to be subsidiaries of American companies, there are many Canadian companies with subsidiaries in the United States. For…
- March 10, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Generic drugs slow spending growth
Last year, $29.3 billion was spent on prescription drugs in Canada, but the annual growth rate was the second-lowest in more than 20 years.
- By: Staff
- March 7, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 10:44
Employers see smaller increases in healthcare costs
The cost of providing employer-sponsored healthcare benefits in the United States is expected to increase 4.4% this year, a slight uptick from 2013, according to…
- By: Staff
- March 7, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 09:39
Planning for data-driven preferred provider networks
It’s gratifying to see that the era of data-driven preferred provider networks (PPNs) is now upon us. The opportunities for plan sponsors and pharmacy providers…
- March 4, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 11:34
Why communicating benefits costs pays off
If you’re not educating your employees about the cost of their group benefits plan, you’re missing an important opportunity. That’s because most plan members simply…
- By: Susan Deller
- March 3, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 10:33
Changing the conversation about benefits cost management
I have been in this business a long time—more than a few years. And since Day 1, benefits cost management has been the No. 1…
- By: Brian Lindenberg
- February 24, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 10:58
Canada’s off-label drug problem
In January 2014, the Senate’s Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology released its report on the off-label use of prescription drugs in Canada.…
- February 21, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 10:38