8 Tips for a Successful Open Enrollment During COVID-19
This Know Your Benefits article provides tips to help employees have a successful open enrollment during COVID-19.
This Know Your Benefits article provides tips to help employees have a successful open enrollment during COVID-19.
This month's Benefits Buzz newsletter discusses the Affordable Care Act (ACA) pay or play penalties for 2021 and the Medicare Part D notice disclosure deadline, which is Oct. 15, 2021.
Health benefits costs are almost certainly going to rise in 2021. They’ve been trending upward for years—over 50% in the last decade—and the current state of economic uncertainty over COVID-19 won’t slow things down. This article explores five cost-reduction strategies for employers.
For employers operating their group health and welfare plans beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2021, now is the time of the year to prepare for open enrollment. Typically, the focus is on evaluating the services and performance of vendors, renewing rates, and considering design changes. In addition to these items, employers need to address various legal requirements. This Benefits Brief provides a checklist that covers these requirements for the 2021 plan year.
Group health plan sponsors must provide the annual Medicare Part D creditable coverage disclosure notices to Medicare-eligible individuals before Oct. 15, 2020 — the start date of the annual enrollment period for Medicare Part D. This Benefits Brief summarizes the requirements.
The Live Well, Work Well newsletter is an employee newsletter that is produced monthly and covers topics like health, wellness, fitness, nutrition and personal finance. This month's newsletter discusses pandemic fatigue, fall produce and how to stay physically active.