The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has finalized its prior authorization rule – and insurers have to provide a specific reason for denying an urgent medical service request, as well as automate the authorization process.

More than half of employees have resigned themselves to not expecting a bonus for their hard work in 2023.

Plan sponsors must evaluate their current PBM arrangements and decide whether they have a transparent arrangement that they trust or if there is a need to re-evaluate the PBM relationship.

To raise employee awareness of benefits, firms could highlight one benefit a month and explain its value in dollar terms in a e-newsletter or devise a personalized benefits summary for each employee's annual performance review.