Are You Taking Advantage of the Employer Dashboard?
The MedBen Analytics Employer Dashboard allows you to see how your plan is performing right at your fingertips. The employer dashboard is: Customizable – You choose the data that is most important to you to view in one central location. Interactive – You can compare...
Has the Focus on Wellness Been Overshadowed by COVID-19?
An Employee Benefits News article contends that the current focus on COVID-19 hides the everyday costs of unhealthy habits: "In a typical year, lifestyle-related disease costs the global economy 43 working days per person due to poor health and premature death and 5%...
MedBen 2020 Client Satisfaction Survey Results
Here are results from MedBen Client Satisfaction Surveys received in 2020 (rating averages based on a 1-to-5 scale): Medical claims accuracy and turnaround: 4.6 Rx claims accuracy and turnaround: 4.7 Timeliness in answering Customer Service calls: 4.7 Customer Service...
Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations
During 2020, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released the following A & B recommendations: Behavioral counseling to promote healthy diet/physical activity for cardiovascular disease prevention in adults with cardiovascular risk factors; Behavioral...
January 2021 Drug Price Increases
GoodRx has compiled a list of drugs that saw manufacturer price increases in January 2021. In total, 589 drugs – all but seven of them brand-name medications – increased in price, by an average of 4.2%. Among the better known brand-name drugs on the list are Humira...
New Year, New FSA Funds? Visit the FSA Store!
FSA users who just replenished their funds now have a convenient way to shop for FSA-eligible products. FSA Store offers 4,000 health items that don't require substantiation when using a MedBen FSA debit card. In addition to first aid, personal health items and...
A Note from Our President & CEO
On behalf of all of us at MedBen, I want to thank you for your continued business! 2020 offered unique challenges for all of us. But despite these challenges, 2020 didn’t stop us from thinking of you first. We improved customer service hold times and had a 96% first...
FSA, DCAP Provisions Included in COVID-19 Relief
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (also called the COVID-19 relief bill) includes temporary provisions that allow employers to provide for a carryover of unused health flexible spending arrangements (FSA) and dependent care assistance flexible spending...
MedBen Employees Play Santa for Local Children
For the 21st consecutive year, MedBen is proud to play Santa for Families Helping Families. While 2020 has had challenges for all, including many of our employees working remotely, our team was still able to organize internal fundraisers and collect donations to allow...
COVID-19 Vaccination: What Employers Should Know
As Congress considers the potential impact of a COVID-19 vaccination, employers will likely have many questions and issues associated with the vaccine. Existing Legislation Earlier this year, Congress enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Stimulus Act (the...
No Surprise Billing with Direct-to-Employer Contracts
In addition to providing high-quality, lower-cost medical care, direct-to-employer (DTE) contracts offer the advantage of eliminating surprise billing – an issue much on the mind of Americans these days. Nearly half of Americans fear unexpected medical bills, a new...
Don’t “Rein In” PBMs… Cut Them Out with MedBen Rx
A Columbus Dispatch article outlines the struggles Ohio Medicaid has experienced in trying to "rein in the middlemen in the prescription drug supply chain" – pharmacy benefit managers. Their year-long effort to replace outsider PBMs with a state-run PBM has met with...