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Katie Kuehner-Hebert is a freelance writer based in Running Springs, Calif. She has more than three decades of journalism experience, with particular expertise in employee benefits and other human resource topics.
Health care organizations have continued to add employees in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and many healthcare professionals are receiving pay increases as demand for them increases.
For the 13th year, global consulting firm Wolters Kluwer reviewed state insurance regulators market conduct actions and found that violations of claims and underwriting regulatory requirements continue to dominate.
While a direct cause and effect between a healthy workforce and superior share price returns is difficult to establish, there is growing evidence that the two are in some way correlated.
Thirty percent of workers say their workplace is complex and difficult to navigate, according to Siegel+Gales survey of more than 14,000 people in nine countries.
A survey conducted on behalf of Zocdoc Insurance by Kelton Global found that more than a quarter of respondents are not always confident that the doctors they book appointments with will be in-network.
Employers are responding to the increase in health care premiums by continuing to pass the costs onto workers and also reducing their prescription drug coverage.
Employers will one day be able to use artificial intelligence to guide the way in helping workers more clearly understand how to use their benefits correctly.