Optimize Your Health through Nutrigenomic Testing
Nutrigenomic testing, available through MedBen Rx, analyzes an individual’s genetic makeup to understand how their genes influence their response to nutrition, diet, and lifestyle factors. As the list below shows, the wealth of information uncovered through testing...
IRS Makes Important Change to 1095 File Prep
It is that time of year when self-funded employers need to start preparing for a critical health care reform mandate: Providing the IRS with an accurate accounting of health coverage for full-time employees via IRS Forms 1094 and 1095. And there's an important change...
Season’s Greetings from MedBen!
MedBen will be closed on Christmas Eve (Tuesday, December 24) and Christmas Day (Wednesday, December 25), and reopen at 8:00 a.m. EST on Thursday, December 26. For the New Year’s holiday we will be closed on Wednesday, January 1, and reopen at 8:00 a.m. EST on...
MedBen Gives Back
For a quarter of a century, MedBen has worked with local agencies to provide Christmas gifts anonymously to children across Licking County. MedBen is also proud to support many other local charities and non-profit organizations including United...
End-of-Year Reminders
Wellness Exams If your plan requires members to get their wellness exam by December 31 in order to stay compliant, be sure to remind them about the looming deadline... and that failure to do so may affect their monthly premiums! Remember, if your plan offers MedBen...
Incentivize Lower-Cost, Higher-Quality Care with Direct-to-Employer Contracting
From Benefits Pro: "According to the 2024 Best Practices in Healthcare Survey from WTW, more than half of employers plan to implement programs that will reduce total costs, and just as many intend to adopt plan design and network strategies that steer workers to...
Tri-Agencies Issue Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) Final Rules
On September 23, 2024, the Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury collectively published the Requirements Related to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) Final Rules. These Final Rules include plan coverage clarifications as...
MedBen Secure: New Look, Same Security!
MedBen has just launched an enhanced version of its MedBen Secure Internet server. The next time you log in you'll notice a brand-new look, but the core mission remains unchanged: to ensure the security and privacy of your organization's protected health information...
MedBen Closed November 28 & 29 for Thanksgiving Holiday
MedBen will be closed on Thursday, November 28 and Friday, November 29 to celebrate Thanksgiving. We will reopen at 8:00 a.m. EST on Monday, December 2. Should you need claims and benefits information about your plan, our MedBen Access online service is available...
Rise in Obesity Drug Use Leads to Drop in More Effective Surgical Alternative
Bariatric surgeries to treat obesity dropped 25.6% from 2022 to 2023, while prescriptions for GLP-1 drugs more than doubled during that period, according to a new study of privately insured Americans with obesity. However, those who opt for the surgery are seeing...
Reminder: December 2 Is Deadline for 1/1 Clients to Submit Enrollment Data
For MedBen clients with a January 1 effective date, the submission deadline for your open enrollment data is December 2, 2024. If MedBen receives data after this date, we cannot guarantee that it will be loaded in time for certain tasks to be completed, such as data...
Harness the Power of Precision Medicine with Genomic Testing
Genomic testing is revolutionizing precision medicine, offering unprecedented insights into how your body interacts with medications and nutrients. MedBen Rx offers pharmacogenomic and nutrigenomic tests that can help optimize your employees' health care and dietary...