Oct 10, 2024 | Contact lenses, Eye care, Smoking, Vision, Wellness
An annual eye exam is essential to ensuring good vision and minimizing disease risk, but proper eye care shouldn’t end there. Several eye doctors recently shared some things they don’t do in order to maintain good ocular health. Among them: They don’t...
Aug 6, 2024 | Benchmarks, Dental, Employee benefits, Flexible spending accounts (FSAs), Health Benefits, Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), Self-funding, SHRM, Survey, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Vision
Employers continue to rank health care highest in importance of employee benefits, according to the 2024 SHRM Employee Benefits Survey. As shown in the graph below, 88% of respondents said they consider health care-related benefits to be “extremely important” or “very...
Mar 14, 2024 | Diabetes, Eye care, Heart, Preventive Care, Vision, VisionPlus, Wellness
As we get older it’s not unusual for our eyesight to get a little fuzzy… but a form of partial sight loss known as “low vision” is less common and can’t be corrected by standard glasses or surgery. However, simple preventive actions can...
Oct 31, 2023 | COVID-19, Dental, Medical, News, Pharmacy, Premiums, Prescription, Primary Care, Specialist, Telehealth, Vision
Average annual premiums for U.S. employer-sponsored single and family health insurance coverages both rose 7% in 2023, according to a survey conducted by KFF and published in Health Affairs. While the increase is higher than in recent years, it is generally in line...
Oct 12, 2023 | Ancillary services, Preventive Care, Vision, VisionPlus
Recent updated guidance from the American Optometric Association recommends annual eye exams for all adults 18 and older in order to detect vision problems as soon as possible. “Comprehensive eye exams provide the opportunity for early detection of eye...
Apr 24, 2023 | Ancillary services, Dental, MedBen PreceDent, Research, Vision, VisionPlus, Wellness
Dental and vision benefits are often relegated to second-tier status in a health care plan, or not offered at all. But a quick look at the advantages of regular dentist and optometrist visits may give you a new respect for their value. Poor oral health is linked to...