July/August
2007 BCSolutions
Auto
and Home Insurance:
The Voluntary Benefit with
the Broadest Appeal
By Christopher
A. Capone
Add Value to Life Insurance
Offerings with Worksite Benefits
By Sandra Callahan
The
Voluntary
Benefits Landscape:
What Employees Want and
What
Employers Offer
By Rob Shestack
Tackling
401(k) Changes
By Fred Barstein
DMAA-NAM
Integrated Care
Summit Guide
SPECIAL
CHANGING FACE OF HEALTH CARE SECTION
Supplemental
Benefits Key to
Employee Retention
By Randy Stram
Limited Benefit Medical Plans Help Employees Keep Health Insurance
By Derek Peterman
Employee Dental Plans: No Longer
just “Drill and Fill”
By John Koharek
Four Best Practices Help HR Managers Get the Most From Their Disability
Program
By Kevin Krzeminski
Taking Vision Benefits to the Next Level
By Jim Barone |
Departments:
HEALTH
CARE
The 14 Most Commonly Asked Questions About Health Insurance Self-funding
By James Edholm
PAY
FOR PERFORMANCE
Performance-Driven Rewards: Incenting Employees to Do Great Work
By Christopher Faust
COMPENSATION
MANAGEMENT
Total Benefits Packages Really Add 45 Percent to 60 Percent to Base Pay
By Joseph R. Blattner
WORK-LIFE
BALANCE
California Company Leads Way to Flexible Work Arrangements with Innovative
Strategy
By Ann Bamesberger |
Departments:
Contents
From
the Editor
BC
Updates
BC
Solution Briefs
Stats
and Data
Who's
Who Profiles
Resource
Guide |
May/June
2007 BCSolutions
Expatriate
Benefits Trends: Coverage
for Retirees, U.S.-Bound Expatriates and
International Business Travelers
By Scott A. Johnson
Making
Rewards
“ SPARC”-LE
How one Coca-Cola franchise
turned its motivation, recognition and rewards
program around
By Karon Warren
SPECIAL
PREPAID CARD SECTION
Health
Care Payment Cards:
Paving the Way for Consumer-Directed
Health Care Payment Options
By Robin Bartlett-Anderson
Payroll
Cards: Helping
Companies Stay Ahead of the Migration to
Plastic
By Nizam Antoo
Incentive Cards… Where
Does the Future Lie?
By Tim Birk
Trends
in Account-Based Health Plans—HSAs,
HRAs and FSAs
By Jeff Munn
Eight
Benefits Conversations:
Recalibrating Health and Welfare
By Ronald S. Leopold |
Departments:
PAY
FOR PERFORMANCE
Technology: Enabling Pay-For-Performance
By Scott A. Johnson
COMPENSATION
MANAGEMENT
Give Employees the “Total” Picture
By David Janus
LEGISLATIVE
PERSPECTIVE
Increasing Minimum Wage: Who Wins?
By Bill Coleman & KimTaylor
HEALTH
CARE
Research Shows PBM Transparency Influences Employee Satisfaction
By Dana H. Felthouse
CONSUMER-DIRECTED/
VOLUNTARY BENEFITS
The Least You Should Know About
Long-Term Care Insurance
By Murray Gordon |
Departments:
Contents
From
the Editor
BC
Updates
BC
Solution Briefs
Who's
Who Showcase
Resource
Guide |
March/April
2007 BCSolutions
Special
Section: Changing Face of Health Care
Incentive
Programs, Saving on Pharmacy Programs, Self-Administered
Health Care
Dilbert
Creator to Speak at Total Rewards Conference & Exhibition
Dental:
The New “It” Benefit
The
New Horizon for
Online Compensation
Planning Tools
The
Evolution of
Paperless Payroll,
Benefits and Beyond |
Departments:
Ask
the Expert
Consumer-Directed/Voluntary
Benefits
New Dental Plans Help Consumers Elect Appropriate Care
Education & Training
Understanding and Complying
With the ADA
Motivation,
Recognition, Rewards
Trends Impacting Motivation, Recognition and Rewards
Legislative
Perspectives
IRS
Tracks Unreasonable Compensation at Charitable
Organizations
Retirement
Planning/Personal Finance
The Risk of Outliving Your Assets |
Departments:
Contents
From
the Editor
BC
Updates
BC
Solution Briefs
Who's
Who Showcase
Resource
Guide |
January/February
2007 BCSolutions
Special
Section: Changing Face of Health Care
Five
Big Ideas; PBM Trends and Issues; Eye on Health;
Specialty Pharmacy; Military Personnel
BCSuperstars:
Join us in honoring this year’s
industry professionals who not only perform
their jobs well but also innovate and set
standards for the industry.
Special
Section: Benefits Business Solutions
A
Second Look, Part 3: A Different Paradigm
for Delivering Worksite Benefits
Special
Section: Prepaid Card Solutions
Prepaid
cards have become more consumerfriendly and more
widely accepted; they fit virtually every program
need.
Disability
Management That Works: Understanding
the Business Case and the Human Side |
Departments:
Education & Training
The Continuing Challenge of COBRA
Compensation
What’s Ahead for
Salaries in 2007?
Motivation,
Recognition, Rewards
From Accountability Comes Harmony
Self-Funding
Self-Insured Trash
Insourcing/Outsourcing
Meshing Culture, Process and People
Legislative
Perspectives
Party Change to Affect
Health Care
|
Departments:
Contents
From
the Editor
BC
Updates
BC
Solution Briefs
Who's
Who
Statistics & Data
Resource
Guide |
November/December
2006 BCSolutions
Retirement
Security:
Is There a Path Forward?
Special
Section: Changing Face of Health Care
HR,
Insurance and Employee Benefits: Access
to Insurance Remains a Hot Issue
Special
Section: Benefits Business Solutions
A
Second Look: A Different Paradigm for
Delivering Worksite Benefits |
Departments:
Consumer-Directed/Voluntary
Benefits
ID Theft Protection as an Employee Benefit: As ID theft concers grow, companies
take steps to protect employees
In
Compliance
Can State and Local Governments
Require Employers to Pay for Health Care for
Their Employees?
|
Departments:
Contents
From
the Editor
BC
Updates
BC
Solution Briefs
Who's
Who
Resource
Guide |
October
2006 BCSolutions
Trends
in
Behavioral Health:
An Industry Perspective
Paycards
Gaining Popularity
in Corporate America |
Departments:
Work-Life
Balance
What’s Good for
the Employee is Good for the Employer: Work-Life
Balance/Wellness Programs Pay Off on Both Sides
Motivation,
Recognition, Rewards
Six Steps in Moving
Recognition from Expense to Investment Column
Retirement
Planning
Offering Investment ‘Alternatives’ to Address Growing Employee
Demand
Health
Care
A Potential Future for Health
Care Cost Management:
Total Health Management
Consumer-Directed/Voluntary
Benefits
HSAs: The Wave of Your
Company’s Future? Or a Passing Fad? |
Departments:
Contents
From
the Editor
Statistics
and Data
Who's
Who
Resource
Guide |
September
2006 BCSolutions
Financial
Planning:
An Employee Benefit
Helping Employees With Their Finances can Impact Your
Company’s Bottom Line
Are
You Changing
With Your Workforce?
Southwest Airlines is, and is reaping the rewards
Focus
On: A Primer on
Mini-Med Insurance Policies
The Advantages as well
as the Providers Behind Them
|
Departments:
Consumer-Directed
Health Care
Driving Participation
in the CDHC World
Professional
Employer Organizations
Growing PEO Industry
Promotes Best Practices, Performance Validation
Programs
Compensation
Pay Conversations: Easing the Pain
Voluntary
Consumer Benefits
Special Benefits for Special Exposures
HR
Insourcing/Outsourcing
Outsourcing—It’s Not About Cutting Costs
|
Departments:
Contents
From
the Editor
Statistics
and Data
Who's
Who
Resource
Guide
|
Forecast
2007 BCSolutions
Outlook
Overall
Outlook for 2007
Compensation and Benefits:
Breaking Down Walls, Building Bridges
Compensation and Payroll
Payroll Challenges Never End—
APA Lobbies to Reduce Employer Burden
Health
Care
Coalitions Expect Health Plans to Continue to
Deliver Value
Consumer-Directed
Health Care
Massive Change Predicted in Health Care, Especially
CDHC
Pharmacy
Benefit Management
Curbing Drug Costs in 2007 and Beyond
Employee Health and Productivity
Why are Employers Distracted From the Outcomes
They Want?
Voluntary Consumer Benefits
Back to the Future With Consumer-Directed Health
Care
|
Retirement Planning
The 401(k) Advantage: Why it’s Good
That Millions More American Workers will be
Participating in Employer-Sponsored Defined Contribution
Plans
Motivation and Rewards
Employee Performance Gets Much-Needed Boost From Successful Recognition Program
HR Insourcing/Outsourcing
Two Big Areas to Track on Your Radar Screen
Technology
The Evolving HR Function
Work-Life
Balance
The Answer is Workplace Flexibility. What’s the Question?
Compliance
Just When Your Thought It was Safe to Catch Your Breath
Advertorials:
CIGNA
Delta
Dental
Guardian
IncentOne
PHCS
TPAA
TSYS
VISA
|
Departments:
Contents
From
the Editor Statistics
and Data
Who's
Who
Showcase
Resource
Guide |
July/August
2006
BCSolutions
Contents
Features:
How
to Celebrate 401(k) Day at Your Company!
PSCA Provides Tools for
Communication and Education
Employers
and Coalitions Develop More Sophisticated
Disease Management Strategies
Finding DM Vendors Who Customize is Key to Lowering Costs
Prepaid
Health Care Cards
A Simple, Effective Tool
for Employers to Rein in Rising Health
Benefits Costs |
CONSUMER-DIRECTED
HEALTH CARE
Been There, Doing More: Dental Benefits Adapt to Consumer-Directed Market
THE
INDUSTRY RADAR UPDATE
Creating a Consumer-Directed Health Care Environment
COMPENSATION
Incentive Pay: Where’s the Magic?
PROFESSIONAL
EMPLOYER ORGANIZATIONS
Middle Market Firms Ready for HR BPO Discover the
PEO Solution
MOTIVATION,
RECOGNITION, REWARDS
Non-Cash Compensation: Don’t Show Them the Money |
Departments:
From
the Editor
BC
Update
Solution
Briefs
Statistics
and Data
Who's
Who
Resource
Guide |
June
2006
BCSolutions
Contents
Features:
The
Home Depot: Building a Firm Benefits and
Compensation Foundation
BCS interviewed The Home Depot’s three benefits and compensation
executives to find out what makes their corporation so unique.
Focus
On:
Supplemental Life Benefits
If your company is thinking about changing your voluntary supplemental life
insurance program, these tips from the experts will help you make informed
choices.
Expatriate
Benefits for a
Changing Global Economy
International employers rely on their benefits carriers to provide
products and services to help them keep pace
with sweeping changes and intensified competition. |
HEALTH
CARE
Colorado Employers Willing to Pay for Performance
CONSUMER-DIRECTED
HEALTH CARE
Creating a Consumer-Directed Health Care
EnvironmentI
MOTIVATION,
RECOGNITION, REWARDS
Achieving Workplace Productivity Through Adding Motivation, Recognition and
Rewards
INSOURCING/
OUTSOURCING
The Maturity of HR Outsourching Service Delivery
CONSUMER-DRIVEN
BENEFITS
Vision Care Plans Trend Toward Personalized Care
COMPENSATION
A Primer on Incentive Pay
RETIREMENT
PLANNING
Fire…Ready…Aim! Target-Date Funds |
Departments:
From
the Editor
BC
Update
Solution
Briefs
Statistics
and Data
Showcase
Resource
Guide |
June
2006
CDHC Solutions
Volume 2 Issue 3
Feature:
Obesity
and Bariatric Surgery
An effective way to combat increasing medical costs
Metavante
Technology Connects the Dots
Financial Services Company Takes a Gamble on CDHC Investments
Online
Wellness Tools Benefit
Employers and Employees
Education is the Key to Success |
Departments:
HSA/HRA/FSA
Answering the critics of health savings accounts.
Wellness
Decisions, decisions, decisions. Simple steps to smarter health care.
Communication/Education
Successful communication is the key to HSA adoption.
Technology/Tools
Successful Consumer-Directed Plans Require Education
Perspective
21st Century Health Care Consumerism
Stats & Data
Financial Incentives Alone Unlikely to Curb Health Care Costs |
Editor
and Publisher’s Letter
CDHC is Here to Stay
CDHC
Solutions Update
CDHC
Innovations
Showcase
and Resource Guide |
June
2006
Benefits
Business Solutions |
 |
May
2006
BCSolutions
Contents
Features:
Work/Life
Balance Training Selling
the Benefits to Senior Management
Focus
On Compensation
Planning & Analysis Tools: Taking
Advantage of the Information Highway
Highlights
from the WorldatWork
Total Rewards Conference
& Exhibition
Motivation,
Recognition
& Rewards: 35
Why Non-Cash Rewards Work Best |
HEALTH
CARE: City
of Knoxville Uses Simple Innovations
to
Curb Medical Costs
INSOURCING/OUTSOURCING
“Must-Have” for
HR – Employee and Manager Self-Service
II
CONSUMER-DRIVEN
BENEFITS
Redefining Dental Benefits—A Matter
of Facts
RETIREMENT
PLANNING
Maximizing Retirement Efforts
CONSUMER-DIRECTED
HEALTH CARE
Empowering the Consumer in
Consumer-Directed Health Plans |
Departments:
From
the Editor
BC
Update
Solution
Briefs
Statistics
and Data
Showcase
Resource
Guide |
April
2006
BCSolutions
Contents
Features:
Professional
Employer Organizations: Thousands
of businesses are leading the HRO trend
by working with professional employer
organizations
Health
and Productivity: Shifting
the Focus from Claims to Productivity
Are
Paycards Right for Your Company? |
Health
Care: Employees
Become Increasingly Involved in Design,
Implementation of Disability Management
Solutions
Retirement
Planning: New
Expectations, New Solutions
Consumer-Driven
Benefits: Demand
for Voluntary Benefits Increasing
Insourcing/Outsourcing: A
"Must-Have" for HR -- Employee and Manager
Self-Service
Motivation,
Recognition, and Rewards: It
Doesn't Take a Rocket Scientist...to Recognize Great
Performance
Total
Rewards: Performance Management:
We Can Do Better |
Departments:
From
the Publisher
BC
Update
Solution
Briefs
Statistics
and Data
Showcase
Resource
Guide |
|
April
2006
CDHC Solutions
Volume 2 Issue 2
Feature:
Innovations
and Technologies Driving Consumer Health
Getting
the Most from Your HSA Program |
Departments:
From
the Publisher
CDHC
Innovations
Wellness:
Consumer-Directed Health Plans Can Provide
a Healthy Dose of Prevention
Communications:
Helping Individuals Navigate CDHC
Showcase
and Resource Guide |
 |
|
April
2006
Benefits
Business Solutions |
 |
|
March
2006
BCSolutions
Contents
Features:
Focus
on Benefits and the Bottom Line: Health
Care Changing
Health Care Strategies in Corporate
America
An
Automatic Affair: Promoting Retirement
Plan Participation
401(k)
Provider List Pullout
Highlights
from the Prepaid Card Expo |
Total
Rewards: Ten
Tips to Total Rewards
Work-Life
Balance: Implementing
an Effective Work-Life Balance Program
Consumer-Directed
Health Care: HDHP
is not CDHP
Consumer-Driven
Benefits: This
Isn't Your Father's Auto Benefits
Insourcing/Outsourcing: Software
as a Service Versus In-House |
Departments:
From
the Editor
BC
Update
Solution
Briefs
Statistics
and Data
Retirement
Showcase
Showcase
Resource
Guide |
|
February
2006
BCSolutions
Contents
Features:
Disability
Management: Beyond
the Anecdotal
What's
New, Up, Down, In and Out in HR Outsourcing?
Brushing
Up Your Dental Plan |
Total
Rewards: Salary
Budgets Weather Mid-Year Economic Threats
Motivation,
Recognition, and Rewards: Where
are Your Keys?
Health
Care: Dallas
Employers Learn Important Lessons While
Improving Employees' Health
Retirement
Planning: The
Case for Automating 401(k) Enrollment
as a Default Selection
In
Compliance: Meeting
New Filing Requirements of the Medicare
Modernization Act of 2003
CDHC: Educating
Your Employees to Become Better Benefit
Consumers |
Departments:
From
the Editor
BC
Update
Solution
Briefs
Statistics
and Data
Showcase |
|
February
2006
CDHC Solutions
Volume 2 Issue 1
Feature:
CDHC
Solutions and Products for 2006 and Beyond |
Departments:
From
the Editor
CDHC
Innovations
CDHCI
News & Views
Wellness
is Not an Option in CDHPs
In
2006, Unfunded Liabilities are Out, Defined
Contributions are In
Wellness
is Not and Option in CDHCPs
Showcase
and Resource Guide |
 |
|
February
2006
Benefits
Business Solutions
|
 |
|
January
2006 BCSolutions
Contents
Features:
Putting
Prescriptions In Their Place: Trends
in Pharmacy Benefit Management
Seeing
Clearly: Choosing
Vision Plans and Providers
Focus
on Consumer-Driven Benefits |
Total
Rewards: What's
Really Wrong with Merit Pay
Retirement: Will "Default" Turn
Into "Your" Fault?
Insourcing/Outsourcing: "Rightsourcing" HR
Functions
In
Compliance: Personal
Liability for Unpaid Withholding Taxes
Health
Care: Workplace
Alcohol Programs Save Employers Money
CDHC: Educating
Your Employees to Become Better Benefit
Consumers |
Departments:
From
the Editor
BC
Update
Solution
Briefs
Statistics
and Data
Showcase
Resource
Guide |
|
November/December
2005 CDHC
Solutions Premier Issue
Features:
Funding,
Implementing and Evaluating CDHCPs:The
Growth of Consumer-Directed Health Care
and Health Care Payments Solutions
HSAs:
Reviewing the Fundamentals |
Departments:
From
the Editor
CDHC
Innovations
CDCI
News & Views
Consumer
Education: In
the Age of CDHC
HSAs/FSAs/HRAs: Who
is Eligible for an HSA?
Wellness: Wellness
Plans Pay Off in More Ways Than Good Health
Statistics
and Data |
|
|
November/December
2005
Benefits
Business Solutions |
 |
|
November/December
2005 BCSolutions
Contents
Features:
You
Are An Official Benefits & Compensation
Superstar
6
Health Care Benefit Trends to Watch in
2006
PSCA
Signature Awards 2005
|
Health
Care: Pittsburgh
Employers Invest in Improving Diabetes
Care
Insourcing/Outsourcing: Vendor
Management--A New and Needed Competency
for HR Technologists
Pharmacy
Benefits Management: Getting
the Best Value for Plan Sponsors and
Employees |
Departments:
From
the Editor
BC
Update
Solution
Briefs
Statistics
and Data |
|
October
2005 CDHC
Solutions
Features:
Manufacturers
Lowering Health Care Costs with Patient-Centric
Technology
6
Steps to Effectively Communicating Your
CDHC Plan |
Departments:
From
the Editor
|
