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THE EAP: POWERFUL AND OVERLOOKED

One of the most powerful parts of your employee benefits package is something you probably aren’t taking advantage of: an employee assistance program, or EAP. A typical EAP provides support...

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Take Time to Consider your Benefits

For most of us, late fall means open enrollment season, that time of year when you can make changes to your benefits selections (or sign up for benefits, if you...

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Qualifying Life Events Create Opportunities

If you’re facing big changes in your life, you should consider whether they also warrant changes to your health benefits.Typically, you can’t sign up for or make changes to your...

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What to Consider When Considering Voluntary Benefits

As an employee, you might have the opportunity to complement your standard benefits package with additional benefits that are not underwritten by your employer in the way that your health...

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Budgeting 101

Making a budget can seem simple: You figure out your monthly income and portion it out. But when you sit down to do that, you can get overwhelmed. What bills...

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Start Now to Plan for Retirement

A few years ago, someone who had recently retired was asked, “So, you finally saved that last dollar, huh?” To which the retiree replied, “It wasn’t the last dollar I...

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Improve Your Financial Health

Your financial health is a lot like your physical health: You know there are things you can do to get healthier, but you might not know where to start. Following...

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Decoding Benefits Acronyms and Abbreviations

Benefits documents sometimes seem to be nothing but a bunch of bewildering acronyms strung together. But the meanings behind those letters should be anything but bewildering because they represent key...

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How to Read an Explanation of Benefits

Most people who have health insurance have become accustomed to receiving an Explanation of Benefits (or “EOB”) after a provider visit. Usually prominently marked “This is not a bill,” the...

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Eyes and Teeth: When are they Covered?

Your eyes and your teeth have something in common: They tend to be treated differently than the rest of your body when it comes to health benefits. In fact, you...

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