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F or many employers, offering a comprehensive and affordable employee benefits package entails hours of analyzing options, only to realize that most employees are disinterested or unaware of what they are being offered, and often remain so With open enrollment season upon us, now is the time to take proactive steps to engage your employees and educate them on how to best utilize the benefits you offer COMMUNICATE EARLY AND OFTEN With never-ending news cycles and political debates, your employees may be hearing a lot of outside noise regarding health insurance Getting the message out that your open enrollment season is here, whether via email, company meetings, or payroll stuffers, is an important part of making sure they understand their benefits ENLIST THE HELP OF A TRANSLATOR Virtually all insurance carriers offer the required documents, such as benefit summaries and rate descriptions, as well as their websites, in a variety of languages Don't let a language barrier keep you from reaching your employees Get the most from your employee benefits while saving on your bottom line by calling our partners at Capital Benefits Services at 425.641.8093 Getting Employees Involved in Their Benefits BY MICHAELA GORMLEY CAPITAL BENEFIT SERVICES GO ONLINE Encourage your employees to create an online account with their health insurance carriers Want to check on a claim, find a doctor, or print out an ID card? All this and more can be done on almost every insurance carrier's website GIVE PEOPLE CHOICES Most insurance carriers allow employers to offer more than one medical plan Offering a base plan and allowing employees to "buy up" to a more robust benefit option means they can select the coverage they need for their family PROVIDE VOLUNTARY PLAN OPTIONS Offering a suite of benefits—dental, vision, life, and disability insurance—can often be done at no cost to employers TAP INTO YOUR TEAM OF EXPERTS The MBA Health Trust has a team of experts that can help walk you and your employees through the maze of open enrollment With open enrollment season upon us, now is the time to take proactive steps to engage your employees and educate them on how to best utilize the benefits you offer. membership value 25 WINTER 2019 master builder