by appliedev | Jan 15, 2024 | Blog
My father lied about his age and hitched a ride on the USS Ranger to fight Rommel in North Africa. As part of his daily ration, the US Navy gave this 17-year-old young man two packs of Marlboro cigarettes. 40 times a day, he pulled the smoke into his lungs which was...
by Celena Barton | Feb 26, 2021 | Blog
Employers have a sense of urgency around deploying or revamping employee wellbeing programs, in large part because of the pandemic. According to a recent survey of HR professionals across several industries, sixty-four percent of employers said that the pandemic has...
by Celena Barton | Nov 20, 2020 | Blog, ERISA Resources
The Employee Retirement and Income Security Act, commonly referred to as ERISA, is a federal law enacted in 1974 to protect individuals participating in employer-sponsored retirement plans and health insurance plans. The law also protects an employee’s beneficiaries...
by Celena Barton | Oct 8, 2020 | Blog
A study recently published in The Lancet looks at the amount of healthcare spending that is attributable to modifiable risk factors in the U.S. The study showed that an estimated $730 billion, or 27% of healthcare spending, could be attributed to modifiable behaviors....
by appliedev | Jul 24, 2020 | Blog
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation Survey of Employer Sponsored Health Benefit Plans, employers are the principle source of health insurance in the United States, providing benefits to over 153 million non-elderly people in America. Sixty-one percent of covered...
by Celena Barton | Mar 12, 2020 | Blog
A previous blog post discussed how insurers were venturing into the primary care space by opening their own clinics, most notably the partnership between CVS Health and Aetna to operate MinuteClinics. Now retailers are the latest to jump into the market with Wal-Mart...
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