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A Sweetheart Deal

Ontario will soon have a new pricing scheme that will halve costs for certain generic drugs for plan members. Proponents say similar programs abroad have…

  • By: Jody White
  • September 8, 2008 September 13, 2019
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The Great Drug Debate: Who is the Villain?

The cost of prescription drug costs continues to be the topic of much discussion in the private sector as well as the public sector. Costs…

How a Medication Review Can Save Your Company Money

  A medication review is a detailed overview of a patient’s medication profile and health status. Many people do not know why they’re on a…

Mobile Village

How benefits plans can serve as effective employer strategies for managing a borderless workforce. The workforce is on the move. More people are living and…

  • By: Nadia Ciani
  • September 1, 2008 September 13, 2019
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A Little Help

A Little Help September 01, 2008 | Jane Petruniak As benefits become ever more complex, employers are looking to consultants, brokers, insurers and third-party administrators…

Muddying the Waters for Employer Drug Plans

On July 14, 2008, the federal Department of Finance released draft legislative proposals to implement some outstanding tax measures from the 2008 Federal Budget, including…

Taming Benefits Costs

As the cost of maintaining employee benefit programs continues to rise, a report finds that some companies have learned that prevention is the best medicine…

Employee Involvement Key to Benefits Cost Control

A new strategy is emerging in the fight to control prescription drug costs amongst employers: getting employees involved in their own healthcare. According to a…

  • By: Jody White
  • August 15, 2008 September 13, 2019
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Over-the-Counter Advice

Encouraging generic substitutes and having restrictive formularies are strategies often used by plan sponsors to combat the ever-rising cost of prescription drugs. But despite these…

Joining the Health Culture Club

Employers are making greater efforts to promote patient adherence and foster a culture of health in the workplace to help manage chronic conditions. Three years…

Private Plan Sponsors are Losing the Race

There are not very many areas with respect to operating a business where governments are light years ahead of the private sector, but the management…

  • July 30, 2008 September 13, 2019
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Employee Benefits for a Diverse Workforce

Given changing demographics, competition for talent will be stiff over the next decade and beyond—not just in this country, but around the world. Accordingly, if…

Family Affairs

Employee assistance programs (EAPs) first appeared in the workplace in the 1940s to help employees resolve alcohol issues. Sixty years later, alcoholism and substance abuse…

Private Matters

Respecting and protecting employee privacy when administering benefits. Group benefits plan administration requires employers to manage a significant amount of personal information on employees and…

Helping Hands

Helping Hands July 01, 2008 | April Scott-Clarke How employers can get the most from their employee assistance programs. Employee assistance programs (EAPs), also called…

Are Benefits a Commodity?

I recently attended a presentation by an insurer where it posed this question. It was trying to challenge the perception that benefits had become a…

Employees Choose The Best Plans

As the pool of skilled workers slowly drains, employers are looking for ways to attract new workers and to retain the ones they have. A…

  • By: Staff
  • June 13, 2008 September 13, 2019
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Providing Employee Benefits After Age 65

The end of mandatory retirement has come and gone, but that hasn’t put an end to the issues relating to employment after retirement age. Although…

Gen Y’s Benefits Expectations

Born between 1977 and 1994, generation Y is gaining visibility in the workforce now. And employers are going to have to address what kind of…

New Drugs in Town

An examination of new developments in the pharmaceutical industry and what employers can do to prepare for future drug costs. The rising cost of prescription…

Buyer Aware

Cost trends and containment strategies for private drug plans in Canada to help foster consumerism in healthcare. There’s no doubt about it: we’re living in…

Prescribing Success

How physicians and plan sponsors can work together to combat the rising costs of drug claims. A new pilot project in Prince Edward Island aims…

The Best Made Plans

Learn which Canadian plan sponsors ranked highest for member satisfaction in this year’s 30 Best Pension and Benefits Plans report. The Old Boys’ Club that…

The Myths of High Users within the Prescription Drug Plan

In this era of wonderful, innovative drug products that treat debilitating conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, cancer and multiple sclerosis, many of us have been conditioned…

  • May 26, 2008 September 13, 2019
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Global Workforce Facing Complicated Issues

The world may be getting smaller, but delivering benefits programs to employees posted in foreign countries is not getting any easier, according to panelists at…

  • By: Jody White
  • May 16, 2008 September 13, 2019
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