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HealthEquity Forum to Unveil 2024's Top Employee Benefits Trends: AI, Cost Management, and More
Expert panel to explore key trends in healthcare cost management, AI in healthcare, and elevating benefits literacy among a diverse workforce DRAPER, Utah,
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[{"type":"text","content":"Expert panel to explore key trends in healthcare cost management, AI in healthcare, and elevating benefits literacy among a diverse workforce\nDRAPER, Utah, Dec. 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HealthEquity, Inc. (NASDAQ: HQY), the nation’s largest health savings account (“HSA”) custodian, invites industry professionals and media to an end of year forum they are sponsoring on \"The top 4 employee benefits trends to watch for in 2024.\" Scheduled for December 14 at 12 p.m. EST, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) will host the online webinar, which will feature a panel of industry and HealthEquity experts, discussing pivotal trends shaping the benefits landscape in 2024. The panel will feature Laura Tauber, executive director of self-funded health plans at the University of California, Christy Goldberg-Hirsch, senior vice president of total rewards at RR Donnelley, Steve Neeleman, HealthEquity founder and vice chair, and Cheryl King, HealthEquity chief people officer. They will share diverse perspectives on the following topics: Tackling Rising Healthcare Costs: HealthEquity recently found over 60% of benefits leaders list ‘cost’ as their top concern (research from 2022—Making HSAs work smarting). Panelists will highlight strategies to combat escalating healthcare costs. The discussion will center on balancing costs, while offering robust benefit options, while exploring the growing trend of self-directed benefits in 2024. Elevating Benefits Literacy Across Diverse Workforces: Addressing benefits literacy, the panel will also focus on the challenges of conveying complex benefits information to diverse workplaces. Data shows that employees feel under-informed about their benefits. The event will be a springboard for discussing approaches to improving benefits understanding — and the outsized impact those efforts can have. Meeting Employee Needs for Wellbeing and Flexibility: Employees continue to appreciate FSAs and HSAs in benefit offerings for wellbeing and flexibility for healthcare spending. In fact, 67% of FSA and HSA users report they can take better care of their health (compared to 50% of FSA non-users and 40% of HSA non-users).1 The panel will explore how to create flexible and wellbeing-focused benefits, and the importance of responsive benefits design. The Growing Use of AI in Benefits: The panel will touch on...