How Healthy is Your Medical-Wellness Benefits Program? - Get Help from your Broker

On Tuesday, February 24, 2009, nfpFMA members heard about a variety of Health Benefits options even small not-for-profits can use. Bill and Barb Heftel of B&H Associates and Bill Maher of MRCT Benefits Plus discussed ways employers can control the cost of medical insurance premiums by using such tools as Health Spending Accounts, Health Reimbursement Accounts, and Flexible Spending Accounts. The speakers also suggested using online applications so that employees complete one application that in turn populates the carrier applications. Finally, the speakers discussed ways Wellness Plans are addressing the primary factors of healthcare cost: smoking, obesity, lack of physical exercise, and lack of consumerism.