Benefits column: Welcome wagon
Enrolling in benefits and pension plans isn’t top of mind for new employees. During the first few weeks on the job, they are often overwhelmed…
- By: Chris Denys
- February 5, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Latest news in Health benefits
Conference coverage: Navigating the shifting landscape
Private drug plans in Canada are facing an uncertain future. While the costs of many medications have decreased over the past few years as generics…
- By: Moira Potter
- February 1, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Brand drug cards: Some plan observations
The area of extended health benefits doesn’t often lend itself to controversy across multiple stakeholder groups. That’s not to say the challenges impacting the space…
- January 27, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 10:11
Preventing illness cuts costs
Preventing disease will lead to higher productivity, lower benefit costs, happier employees and a better bottom line, according to Thorpe Benefits.
- By: Staff
- January 23, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 11:11
So you think you want a flex plan
In a world where just about everything is becoming customizable, it’s no surprise that many plan sponsors want to offer flexible benefits that can be…
- January 23, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 10:06
Greater pharmacist role enhances health and cost outcomes: Study
Pharmacists can play a crucial role in helping patients with hypertension improve their health by controlling their blood pressure—which would also result in reduced health…
- By: Staff
- January 22, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 10:24
How Canada can save workplace drug plans
To save workplace drug plans, Canada needs to change its drug pricing strategy.
- By: Stephen Frank
- January 22, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 09:34
Games employees play
As employers look for new and innovative ways to engage employees in wellness and motivate employees to commit to healthy behaviours, while reducing their healthcare…
- January 20, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 10:30
Retiree cleared to launch class action over benefits plan changes
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a former employee of Vivendi Canada can file a class-action lawsuit against the company for altering the…
- By: Staff
- January 20, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 10:09
ClaimSecure offers monthly reimbursement
ClaimSecure, in collaboration with Royal and Sun Alliance (RSA), will offer a monthly reimbursement for pooled claims above the stop-loss attachment level to plan sponsors.…
- By: Staff
- January 17, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 10:43
How to eliminate prescription drug waste
To reduce costs, plan sponsors need to eliminate prescription drug waste
- By: Michael Biskey and John Herbert
- January 14, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
The Co-operators, Reformulary Group announce strategic alliance
The Co-operators Life Insurance Company has signed a strategic alliance agreement with the Reformulary Group.
- By: Staff
- January 13, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 15:43
Aligning corporate culture to benefits strategy
Employers look to their employee benefits plans as a means to many ends—to attract and retain quality people, ensure that their valued employees and their…
- December 20, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 05:00
N.B. unveils drug plan
The New Brunswick drug plan, which will help the province's residents avoid catastrophic drug costs and ensure that prescription drug insurance is available to everyone,…
- By: Staff
- December 11, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 12:28
A new approach in underwriting high-cost drugs
In recent years, private drug plan sponsors have been faced with a serious issue: an increase in the number of covered individuals claiming very high-cost…
- By: Jonathan Bohm
- December 6, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 10:39
Balance, integration needed for pharmaceuticals
The world of pharmaceuticals is changing. New, more effective medications are replacing older ones, more biologic treatments are being developed, advances are being made in…
- By: Moira Potter
- December 6, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 10:01
Lack of adherence and communication plague drug plans
Non-adherence to prescribed medication and lack of communication among the various healthcare stakeholders are two of the main issues that continue to plague Canada’s workplace…
- By: Staff
- December 5, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 10:25
A little help
Pharmacy can play a greater role in benefits programs, supporting employees and plan sponsors alike
- December 1, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 12:07
Breakdown: It’s flu time!
’Tis the season for the sniffles.
- By: Yaldaz Sadakova
- December 1, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Co-ordination of benefits concerns
The end of November marks 10 years of existence for Cubic Health. While the pace of change in the employee benefits industry is greater today…
- November 28, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 09:13
Industrial Alliance starts a new e-claims option
Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. has launched a new claims transmission option for select healthcare providers.
- By: Staff
- November 26, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 08:43
Ontario drugstores banned from selling private label generics
The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld Ontario’s ban on pharmacy chains from selling their own private label branded generic drugs. “If pharmacies were permitted…
- By: Staff
- November 25, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 10:17
Supreme Court denies leave to appeal in retiree benefits case
The Supreme Court of Canada denied leave to appeal from a decision of the British Columbia Court of Appeal in Lacey v. Weyerhaeuser Company Ltd.
- By: Jordan Fremont and Jennifer Del Vecchio
- November 22, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 15:42
Drug cost growth to be in low single digits: report
The compounded annual growth rate of private market drug costs, at an overall market level, will be in the range of 1.6% to 2.8% between…
- By: Staff
- November 22, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 10:56
Growth of health benefits costs slows
Health benefit costs in the United States continued to slow in 2013 as employers took action in anticipation of new expenditures that will arise over…
- By: Staff
- November 21, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 09:56