Practice Management

U.S. employers used more technology-based communication with employees during the last open enrollment and increased their face-to-face communication with employees as well, according to a new Towers Watson survey.

Employers fear the federal guidance on health reform they got last enrollment season wasn't enough to clearly inform employees about all the changes to their health benefits.

Employers spent more on wellness programs in 2010, but many failed to effectively measure how well those programs worked.

Sixty percent of all employers and 50 percent of large employers believe the intention of health reform is to eliminate the employer-based system and move to a single-payer system.

As of November, less than half (44.8 percent) of American adults get their health insurance through an employer, according to a recent Gallup poll.

Eighty percent of employers expect their non-employee workforce, which consists of consultants, independent contractors, temporary employees and project teams, to remain the same or increase in size over the next year.

seven in 10 plan sponsors say controlling health care costs is "highly important" to them.

Employers are discovering how a wellness initiative is launched and supported over time is equally important as the available programs.