Employee morale is down, but benefits education can be an effective way to boost workplace satisfaction, says a recent survey by U.S.-based benefits provider Unum.…
More than 100 people attended the 11th annual Solutions in Drug Plan Management conference presented by Drugstore Canada and Benefits Canada yesterday in Toronto. Pharmacists,…
American employers are shifting costs to employees, consolidating plan choices, emphasizing account-based plans and requiring employees to do more in order to receive incentives, according…
One of the biggest potential upsides to containing costs through an optimally designed plan is that plan sponsors then have the budget to ensure better…
Watch this video Mike Sullivan, president of Cubic Health, talks about his unique experience working with State Farm Insurance, as the organization set out to…
It’s hard to believe the wave of drug reforms swept past only a year ago. Judging from early insights, it doesn’t appear the landscape has…
Novus Health has announced the opening of a new contact centre in Montreal. Like its contact centre in Toronto, the new one will be staffed…
Traditional approaches to drug plans need to be revisited, but the industry needs to move toward a properly designed flexible benefits program that fosters better…
From the state of the economy to the implementation of drug reform legislation and prolific genericization of branded products, there has been much speculation about…
Watch this video According to research from the Sun Life Financial health index, more than 80% of Canadians realize they have the opportunity to manage…
Healthcare in the U.S. is about to cost more, this according to a survey by Buck Consultants. The Health Care Reform Readiness Survey of more…
There have been significant changes in the landscape of public sector drug plans over the past five years. Faced with rapidly escalating costs, provinces have…
As Canada’s post-recession economy recovers, attention is returning to the challenge of shifting demographics—specifically, the impact the impending wave of baby boom retirees will have.…
Outcomes-based contracting (OBC) has been developed by the Center for Health Value Innovation as a key methodology to reduce inefficiencies in healthcare delivery and to…
In 2007, the Canadian division of Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) underwent a significant change, revamping its business culture and employee benefits. It was an enormous task,…
The prices of many of the world’s most popular prescription medications are set to decrease over the next year and beyond, as patent expiries open…
Benefits plans matter to employees. Research from the 2011 sanofi-aventis Healthcare Survey shows that 59% of employees would choose to keep their benefits plan if…
Over the last few years, an increasing number of new medications have been introduced to treat a range of complex diseases. While many of these…
I followed my father’s footsteps into the pharmacy industry. When he first started practising pharmacy it was common place to smoke behind the dispensary counter,…
Private benefits plan managers can’t deny the impact of biologic drugs on their drug plans. According to Telus Health Solutions 2010 research, biologic drugs represent…
Manulife Financial Group Benefits has launched a suite of services to address the needs of employers dealing with incidences of workplace injury. Occupational Management Services…
Equitable Life of Canada has announced it has teamed up with insurance firm ACE Canada to offer group critical illness coverage to plan members. “Being…
Against a backdrop of spiralling drug costs coupled with an aging population, appropriate evaluation and coverage of drugs has taken on special urgency. Many stakeholders…
Who doesn’t know about the power of communications? They can diffuse or create a crisis, reinforce or revolutionize, educate, misinform, motivate, stall and persuade or…
It’s not just Air Canada and Canada Post workers who are unhappy with their employers, a new survey has found. Findings from Mercer’s What’s Working…