The rising cost of healthcare isn’t just a Canadian-employer concern. Our American counterparts are struggling with the same issues, new report finds.
Katherine Sheehan, assistant vice-president, HR, with Dalhousie University, says that the institution’s organizational health initiative is starting to show results.
One of the best books I have read in some time is Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely. It should be required reading for the whole…
Drug benefits are the most significant cost component in most employer-sponsored health benefits plans. Drug costs range between 40% and 70% of an organization’s total…
Watch this video Interviewed by Benefits Canada at the 2012 Healthy Outcomes Conference, Dr. Chih-Ho Hong from Medical Inc. said that biologics have allowed his…
Morneau Shepell's 30th annual Compensation - Trends and Projections survey results found that pension plan sponsors intend to get more serious about pension and benefits…
The Sanofi healthcare survey is in its 15th year and Trica Benn, senior director, Rogers Connect market research, who has worked on the survey and…
In honour of Benefits Canada’s 35th anniversary, we took the opportunity to go back to the source to explore why employers offer employee benefits programs.…
U.S. employers are increasingly using incentives to encourage participation in health screening programs, say new survey findings from Aon Hewitt.
When a worker is an independent contractor and not an employee, there are important differences for an employer.
Psoriasis—a chronic skin problem that affects about 3% of the Canadian population, or about a million people—can cost a company up to $2,200 per affected…
In late June 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of much of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), commonly referred to…
TELUS Health Solutions and Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada have brought their eClaims service to Atlantic Canada.
While senior decision-makers agree that health benefits and retirement plans play a significant role in keeping employees happy and engaged, there is a disconnect when…
Small business owners in Nova Scotia will likely be saving money on their prescription drug costs this year.
It may seem too good to be true, but it looks like increases in health benefits plan costs are slowing.
This article originally appeared on our sister publication, SmallBizAdvisor.ca. Ontario employers may be liable to pay the full value of an employee’s short-term and long-term disability…
Express Scripts Canada has been granted license to bring its pharmacy benefit management (PBM) service to Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Perhaps not surprisingly, cost is the main driver for senior decision-makers when it comes to their pension and benefits plans.
In the ongoing battle against cancer, the medical community is looking to promising multi-targeted therapies for more effective and enduring treatments, says a report by…
The lure of better rates, better service, streamlined administration, faster claims reimbursement and a more client focused service platform are the focal points used by…
While biologic drugs can represent a significant percentage of a plan’s drug costs, a Green Shield report says they are not the only thing driving…
“I’m going to irritate a lot of people today,” began Dee Edington, keynote speaker on health management as a serious business strategy, at the Benefits…
Growing drug plan costs are putting pressure on benefits plan sponsors to move to managed formularies—but industry stakeholders must first work together to change the…
Results from the 2012 Sanofi Canada Healthcare Survey suggest that opportunities exist for plan sponsors to better educate and engage plan members, according to a…