Month: November 2015

Storm preparation, whether for a hurricane, blizzard, or other natural disaster is critical for surviving the event with minimal impact.

By Serena Styles www.livestrong.com When you eat a large meal, there is about a 20 minute span between when your stomach is full and when your brain recognizes that fact. For 20 minutes, you can continue eating and not realize the feeling of fullness in your stomach. This can result in severe overeating with uncomfortable … Continued

Finding different ways to increase employee participation in a wellness program is challenging. Without a majority participation rate, your wellness goals are probably not going to accomplish your ideal employee health target. Please review this short video highlighting some of the strategies that you could implement in your wellness program.

We’ve become a very connected society, but that doesn’t mean we want to share everything with everybody.

The UBA Health Plan Survey tracks plans offered by region as well as enrollment by region. From a prevalence perspective, preferred provider organization (PPO) plans are most prevalent in the Central U.S., though they generally dominate nationwide, except in the Northeast where consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs) are most prevalent. From an enrollment perspective, PPO plans … Continued

Someone in the C-Suite of a company gets sick. I’m not talking about a cold or flu; I’m talking about a major, possibly even terminal, illness.

By Danielle Capilla Chief Compliance Officer at United Benefit Advisors The Providing Affordable Coverage for Employees (PACE) Act amended the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and redefined small employers as those with 50 or fewer employees; it also gives states the option to expand the definition to include employers with up to 100 … Continued