Dianne L. Howard named 2014 Benefit Manager of the Year®
When it comes to their group health care plans, virtually all employers have one thing in common: Costs keep going up. For the past several years, costs on average have risen between 5% and 6% a year, and projections for 2014 fall within that range... More

Self-funding health care program cuts costs for Palm Beach County school district
While prevention and detection through a sweeping wellness program are at the core of the School District of Palm Beach County's efforts to keep health care costs under control, a variety of other actions also has been pivotal, says Dianne L. Howard, the West Palm Beach, Florida-based school district's director of risk and benefits management... More

School district boosts wellness program participation with financial incentives
What can an employer do to get employees to have regular medical checkups and tests to spot problems before they mushroom into very-expensive-to-treat complications?... More

School District of Palm Beach County bucks trend and sticks with HMOs
One of the biggest health care benefits plan design trends of the past few years has been the decline of employers offering health maintenance organizations to their employees. With that has come the growth of preferred provider organizations and lately consumer-driven health care plans linked to health savings accounts... More

Dianne L. Howard credits eye-opening experiences for success as benefits manager
Dianne L. Howard's success in employee benefits has been shaped by what she describes as eye-opening experiences early in her career... More

Wellness Champions program engages School District of Palm Beach County employees
Giving employees a financial incentive — a $600-a-year discount on the premiums they pay for their health care coverage — is one key way the School District of Palm Beach County encourages employees to take steps to spot medical conditions before they develop into expensive medical complications...More

Panel of judges selected 2014 benefits management honorees
Business Insurance created the Benefit Manager of the Year^® award in 2005 to recognize excellence and innovation in employee benefits management. In 2010, the Benefit Management Honor Roll^® was added to honor other outstanding benefits professionals. Honorees are selected by a panel of independent judges that includes the previous year's winner and benefits experts... More

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