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Employers are doing a checkup on their employee dental benefits

Jim Molis — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 17:43:04 +0000

With routine checkups and cleanings done less frequently due to the disruptions from the pandemic response, dentists are now seeing more patients than usual with serious problems. And serious problems often come at high costs – for both employees and e...

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Vision and dental benefits could be difference-makers in employee recruitment and retention

Jim Molis — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 16:52:22 +0000

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed employee expectations about work in many ways, including their view of benefits.

Research by the consulting firm LIMRA shows that employees now place greater importance on benefits and are examining their needs more ...

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Beyond business efficiencies: what you didn’t know expense management solutions could do for your company

Jim Molis — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 15:13:24 +0000

Controlling employee spending is a crucial part of managing business expenses and assists in preventing fraud or misuse.

“Organizations of all sizes should be able to manage employee-initiated discretionary spend, while reducing risk, saving money, a...

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Houston’s commercial real estate market is recovering and reforming

Jim Molis — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 21:33:00 +0000

This year is ending much differently in commercial real estate than it started. Deals, designs and development all reflect the new normal of post-pandemic business as commercial building owners and tenants proceed cautiously and protect against future ...

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More small businesses turn to level funded health plans to manage health care benefit costs

Jim Molis — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 18:23:54 +0000

Businesses are pursuing alternatives as they seek to manage the costs of providing health care benefits for their employees.

Employers are finding that they may be able to slow potential increases, or perhaps reduce their premiums, through insurance ...

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Humana pilots outdoor office to offer connection without compromising safety

Jim Molis — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 15:10:15 +0000

Humana is opening outdoor office spaces to give employees the ability to work together safely in-person as the Covid-19 pandemic continues.

Outdoor office spaces offer a comfortable and safe alternative for employees who crave the camaraderie they had...

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Pandemic boosts transition to virtual primary care

Jim Molis — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 19:19:53 +0000

Virtual primary care could soon become more common as employers and employees adjust to the new normal of telemedicine as the preferred place of treatment.

Once mainly perceived as a way for people to occasionally get urgent care, telemedicine is now ...

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Employer health plans find savings through data-driven insights and personalization

Jim Molis — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:06:25 +0000

Employers are turning to applications that are both patient-centric and consumer-friendly to engage all employees, not only the sickest, in improving their health.

Though just 20% of commercially insured people consume 80% of health care spending, e...

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Tips for having difficult, but critical, conversations about race in the workplace, with Humana’s Sr. VP of Workplace Experience

Jim Molis — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 20:16:24 +0000

An inclusive workplace can be a comfortable place to have uncomfortable conversations. Employers can address difficult topics like race by creating a culture of inclusion where every employee can share their thoughts, feelings and experiences.

Strateg...

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Covid-19 workplace testing: When employers should test and how it could help

Jim Molis — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 15:59:37 +0000

Employers making return-to-work plans for their teams may be considering including Covid-19 testing, but they need to understand the capabilities and limitations. “We’re in a rapidly evolving situation,” said Dr. William Shrank, chief medical officer f...

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Best practices for companies as they prepare for a return to the office, from Humana’s Sr. VP of associate health & well-being

Jim Molis — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 18:23:43 +0000

Millions of employees have adjusted to working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic. Many of them may soon be re-adjusting as businesses resume in-office work.

But the workplaces they return to will differ from those they left. Crowded cubicles will...

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