GroupHEALTH Benefit Solutions has partnered with GMS Insurance to grow its advisor partner network. The partnership allows GMS Insurance to expand its portfolio by offering…
This past week, Canada joined with the provinces to look at bulk-purchasing prescription drugs. That prompted the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA) to…
A meeting of health ministers has wrapped up in Vancouver, with what the federal government calls a “first step” toward improving Canada’s healthcare system. Federal…
While Canadian employers agree that coverage of prescription drugs is an important part of the national healthcare system, they have strong viewpoints and concerns about…
Xerox has partnered Evive Health to add more predictive analytics to its interactive suite of healthcare solutions, RightOpt, enabling employers to strengthen their well-being programs…
As talks about the future of Canada’s health-care agreements kicked off in Vancouver yesterday, federal Health Minister Jane Philpott announced that Ottawa is joining the…
First Health Care has launched YourNurse, a service that provides a single point of contact to help employees navigate their health benefits. Employees can access…
With drug prices on the rise, you’d think employers would be making plenty of changes to save costs for their benefits plans. Surprisingly, that’s not…
Indispensable and beneficial for some but unnecessary and expensive for others, paramedical services are an integral part of most group insurance plans in Canada. So…
The average cost increases for global employer-sponsored medical plans will be 9.1% in 2016, 5.5 percentage points higher than the global average projected, according to a new…
Stop-loss pools are under continued pressure to accommodate the ever-increasing number of claims for high-cost drugs. The explosion of claims for drugs to treat the…
Digital health technology is growing in popularity, as a new survey has found that almost half (47%) of adults in the UK would be happy…
Tremendous changes in both the pharmaceutical and healthcare landscapes mean that climbing drug costs are inevitable, warned Carlyn Volume–Smith, Alberta Blue Cross Benefits Services senior…
Obesity is a chronic medical condition and a major public health problem affecting one in four Canadian adults, according to the Public Health Agency of…
Thanks to advances in medical treatments over the past four decades, a study from the Public Health Agency of Canada shows that fewer people are…
Chronic illnesses, and the rising costs of treating them, are a growing concern for benefits plan sponsors. At the 2015 Calgary Drug Trends Summit, experts…
At the age of 35, Andrew Gosse was tired of living. A psoriasis patient for more than half his life, he told his wife, “This…
The global economy continues to drive employers to send their employees abroad. But you, as the employer, need to have a solid plan in place…
Panellists at Benefits Canada’s Face-to-Face Drug Plan Management conference earlier this week called for rational, effective cost-cutting measures to ensure benefits plan sustainability. There was…
Physicians, psychiatrists, HR specialists, insurers and employers met at Benefits Canada’s 2015 Mental Health Summits in Toronto on Nov. 12, 2015, and Vancouver on Dec. 8, 2015, to…
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has huge organizational and individual costs. For employers, it means workers who are mentally exhausted, have difficulty functioning, are constantly…
Every manager knows there are certain employees who can be disruptive or even toxic. But they may be more than just annoying. They could have…
At one time, baby boomers ruled the workplace and programs, and strategies revolved around their needs. Today, another enormous demographic is poised to take their…
The need for companies to stay competitive has resulted in longer customer service hours, more atypical schedules, heavier workloads and pressure on employees to work…
Employers already know mental health issues are taking a huge toll on productivity and morale—and especially benefits costs. And the situation is getting worse. “The…