Practice Management

Managed Care Executive Group released its "top 10" issues facing health care plans at its 22nd annual forum last week.

Financial incentives are becoming more important for increasing employee participation in wellness programs, according to a study by Fidelity Investments and the National Business Group on Health.

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.