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Enrollment Trends With Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans

Enrollment Trends With Health Savings Accounts and High-Deductible Health Plans

by Watko Benefit Group | Jun 29, 2021 | Healthcare & Wellness News

According to a recent report from the AHIP Center for Policy and Research from November 2015, as of January 2015 nearly 19.7 million people were enrolled in health savings account/high-deductible health plans (HSA/HDHPs). This represents an increase of approximately...
Captive Insurers Can Hold Down Group Health Costs

Captive Insurers Can Hold Down Group Health Costs

by Watko Benefit Group | Jun 29, 2021 | Healthcare & Wellness News

2/6/2015 3:08 pm By Jerry Geisel, Business Insurance BOCA RATON, Fla. — Employers looking to hold down group health care plan increases should consider turning to their captive insurers, a consultant says. Compared to purchasing coverage in the traditional...
Health-Savings Account: Spend or Invest?

Health-Savings Account: Spend or Invest?

by Watko Benefit Group | Jun 29, 2021 | Healthcare & Wellness News

By: Christine Benz, Morningstar 2/28/16 6:00 AM High-deductible health plans have been proliferating in recent years: 82% of large employers planned to offer a high-deductible healthcare plan in 2015, according todata from Towers Watson, up from just 21% of large...
Helping Employers Overcome Wellness Program Disconnect

Helping Employers Overcome Wellness Program Disconnect

by Watko Benefit Group | Jun 29, 2021 | Healthcare & Wellness News

By: Cort Olsen, Employer Benefit Advisor April 21, 2016 HR executives and business leaders are not always aligned about employee well-being or wellness solution buy-in, new research shows, signaling a need for adviser help to bridge the disconnect. Optum’s seventh...
Good Bosses Create More Wellness Than Wellness Plans Do

Good Bosses Create More Wellness Than Wellness Plans Do

by Watko Benefit Group | Jun 29, 2021 | Healthcare & Wellness News

By: Emma Seppala- Harvard Business Review April, 08, 2016 In the name of employee wellness, and in response to insurance company demands, corporations are offering well-being initiatives with financial incentives. Complete this cholesterol screening, say, and you’ll...
EEOC Issues Final Rules on Employer Wellness Programs

EEOC Issues Final Rules on Employer Wellness Programs

by Watko Benefit Group | Jun 29, 2021 | Healthcare & Wellness News

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission PRESS RELEASE 5-16-16 Rules Address Incentives; Protect Confidentiality WASHINGTON, DC–The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued final rules that describe how Title I of the Americans...
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