True or False? An employer sponsoring a group health plan is required to provide a Summary of Benefits and Coverage for a Medicare Advantage plan package.

A new survey suggests employers fail to do a couple of key things (among others) in order to get the return on investment theyre actively seeking with their wellness strategies. Both of which are setting employers up for a continued era of unsustainable costs.

More than one-third of residents in 12 states are considered obese.

Employers with large part-time and low-wage populations especially retailers are more likely to take measures to avoid triggering a costly requirement to provide health care coverage to employees that used to be ineligible.

Tried-and-failed attempts at bridging health care gaps have already highlighted cracks within the health care reform platform. But even if the feds can't get things quite right, at least they and employers understand who reform can help most.

If a service provider fails to provide the required information mandated under the 408(b)(2) regulation, the responsible plan fiduciary must request the missing information from the service provider in writing and, if that fails, notify EBSA within how many days?

The nation's largest companies expect the cost of their health care benefits to rise an average 7 percent in 2013, according to findings released Monday by the National Business Group on Health. Although the rate is a slight dip from earlier years, employers are eyeing a variety of cost-control measures.

Massachusetts nurses commended House and Senate legislators for including an overtime ban in its health care cost-reduction bill.