Benefits & Compensation Digest

Benefits & Compensation Digest, a Foundation member service, is a monthly publication that addresses benefit and compensation issues affecting multiemployer, single employer and public employee plan representatives. Health care, retirement and other related trends are addressed. Authors are experienced professionals in the employee benefits and compensation field. Benefits & Compensation Digest is also available by subscription.

August 2009

  • Self-Funding Health Benefits Can Help Plan Sponsors Control Costs
  • Not All HSAs Are Alike; Benefits Professionals Should Know the Differences
  • Storm Coming for Self-Funded Multiemployer Health Plans—The Wise Will Prepare, Starting Now
  • Health Benefit Plan Mergers—Oh, That Again!
  • Peer to Peer: Challenges for Trustees—Improving Consultant-Trustee Interaction
  • Voluntary Benefits Can Expand Options
  • International Foundation Survey Looks at Vacations, Paid-Time-Off Banks and Holidays

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July 2009

  • Understanding and Responding to the Changing Pension Environment
  • Actuarial Assumptions—Looking at the “Whole” Picture
  • What Can Trustees Do to Cope With the Economic Roller Coaster?
  • “Hot Topic” Surveys Respond to Need to Know—Now
  • Peer to Peer: Challenges for Trustees—Health and Wealth Programs
  • How Do You Measure Up?
  • Multinational Pooling: Financing Global Employee Benefits More Efficiently

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June 2009

  • Reversing the High Cost of Chronic Illness With Activated Employees
  • Managing Today’s Rapid Growth in Diagnostic Radiology Costs
  • A New Competitive Advantage: Connecting the Dots Between Employee Health and Productivity
  • Two-Hat Issues for Trustees
  • Peer to Peer: Challenges for Trustees— Politics, Economics and Ethics

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May 2009

  • (Refreshing) Your Disaster Recovery Plan
  • Using Technology for More Effective Pharmacy Benefit Management
  • Green Administration: How to Reduce Energy Consumption and Cut Administrative Costs
  • Changes in Transit Benefits Mean Greater Savings; Employers Await New IRS Guidelines for Debit and Smart Cards
  • The Relationship Between Collective Bargaining Parties and Trustees
  • Peer to Peer: Challenges for Trustees—Participant Lifestyle and Behavior

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April 2009

  • It’s Time to Create a Financially Literate Workforce to Improve the Bottom Line
  • Financial Literacy Resources on the Web
  • Peer to Peer: Challenges for Trustees—Communicating the Full Value of Your Benefit Plans
  • Retirement Planning Thrill Ride: Stay Confident in Volatile Markets
  • What Now? Retirement Security Policy Amid Economic Turmoil and Political Change
  • Medicare Part D: Optimizing the Opportunities for Employer Plans

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March 2009

  • Baby Boomers’ Retirement: Bold Action Needed Now
  • International Investing: Keeping an Eye on the Long-Term Opportunities
  • DBing the DC Plan: Old/New Approaches to Retirement Security
  • International Foundation Survey Looks at Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Pension Plan Offerings
  • Alternative Investments: A Road Map for Reviewing and Negotiating Alternative Investments for ERISA Plans
  • Long-Term Care Insurance: The Four Biggest Mistakes Employers Make

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February 2009

Digital Edition
  • Biometric-Based Health Plans: Is the Latest Innovation in Health Plans Right for You?
  • Community Pharmacists:  A New Path for Managing Chronic Disease Cost and Care
  • Health Care Cost Control: Industry Approaches and Attitudes
  • PBMs’ “MAC” Mousetraps
  • What Are MMA Part D Audits All About? The Take-Home Message Is—Compliance and Dollars Rule
  • Take HEART: Plan Operational Changes and Amendments Required

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January 2009

Digital Edition
  • Mental Health: The Forgotten Illness
  • Medical Outsourcing: Reducing Clients’ Health Care Risks
  • PPO Is Popular Health Plan Offering in All Sectors, According to International Foundation Survey
  • 401(k) Plan Sponsors: Begin With the End When Making Investment Product Choices
  • Collecting a Federal Judgment

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