With Canadian healthcare costs on the rise, I often suggest to benefits administrators plan design modifications that would cut costs without reducing benefits—for example, a…
Considering the importance of communication as a performance driver for employee engagement, plan sponsors with culturally diverse workplaces should give special consideration to the language…
Plan sponsors struggling to get their drug plans under control should look at their diabetic population and reiterate the importance of medication adherence.
The topic of specialty drugs still dominates industry discussions, yet very little has changed in terms of the management of these claims. It’s as though…
Homewood Human Solutions has just launched a new comprehensive app it’s calling e-AP.
Concerns related to rising healthcare costs are weighing on the minds of Canadian retirees and pre-retirees, says a Munich Re study.
In 2011, the amount paid toward drug coverage by Canadian private drug plans reached $7.6 billion, an increase of $1.8 billion over the past five…
Morneau Shepell has released a new version of its My EAP app. The updated version includes the First Chat feature, which connects members to private…
Getting players in the Canadian Football League (CFL) to focus on planning for their retirement while they work on passing yards or tackles is a…
The actions U.S. employers have taken to better manage the costs of their benefits plans is showing real results, according to the National Survey of…
owers Watson has partnered with Loblaw Companies Ltd. (Loblaw) as the preferred pharmacy services provider for the firm’s Canadian Rx Coalition, a collaborative network of…
The notion that generic drugs represent a new and frightening concept has pretty much been struck from our collective consciousness, yet generic utilization rates in…
Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian population is expected to grow 0.7% in each of the next two years and 82% percent of that growth…
Morneau Shepell Inc. has aquired Mercer Canada's pension and benefits outsourcing business.
The changes and uncertainty in today’s drug benefits landscape are a challenge to everyone. With our aging population, escalating usage rates and blockbuster-priced new drugs…
Pfizer Canada recently launched Pfizer Strive, a website that offers health-related tools and resources to help Canadians take charge of their health.
Right now, there are employees at workplaces across Canada who may be at risk of absence and disability. They could be coping with physical or…
According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, the flu affects 5% to 10% of Canadians each year, which equates to sick days and productivity…
From a plan sponsor’s perspective, the best part of the changing economic landscape of retail pharmacy in Canada is that the timing could not be…
Controlling escalating drug costs means plan sponsors need to do more than just have prior authorization for high-cost drugs and restricted formularies. These programs will…
Multinational companies are looking to gain more control over employee benefits plans, mostly to counter rising costs and financial risks, but the majority has a…
Bringing an employee back to work after a disability is a challenge every employer faces, regardless of the size or scope of its organization.
As our population ages, it’s inevitable that some employees will need to take on a caregiving role in addition to their full-time jobs. In 2007,…
Many recent requests for proposals (RFPs) seem to place a great importance on newly popular features of provider claims submission, member eClaims and all the…
Apple has just introduced its new iPhone5. And once again, it is expected to dominate the cell phone market and maintain a sizable lead over…