Employers & HR Leaders

Chronic conditions are driving a projected 9% rise in employer healthcare costs in 2026. Here’s what the evidence actually says about which programs work.

Vaping is climbing among working-age employees, but most workplace cessation programs were built for cigarette smokers. 85% of employees want quit-vaping support and only about a third of employers offer it. Here is what the recognition gap looks like inside your workforce.

The gap between what working caregivers are carrying and what HR dashboards actually see is 56 points wide. Here’s what caregiver burden looks like inside a mid-sized workforce, why the standard benefits stack misses most of it, and what the peer-reviewed evidence actually points to.

Learn how health and wellness companies support active lunch breaks with flexible ways to move, helping teams feel better without extra work.

The wellness vendor pitches all sound the same right now. Unlimited AI coaching, 24/7, a fraction of the cost. We read the meta-analyses and we have a position. Here is what forty years of behavior change research actually says about AI versus human health coaching.

raditional wellness programs were designed for Boomers, but Gen Z and millennials now make up the workforce majority with completely different expectations. Here’s what they actually want from workplace wellness solutions.

ost HR leaders don’t have a wellness problem. They have a budget approval problem. Here’s the finance-ready framework with benchmarks, metrics, and a CFO presentation structure built to get a yes.

HR & Benefits Strategy The Hidden Wellness Gap: What Medicaid Cuts Mean for Your Employees By Avidon Health | April 2026 | 6 min read Up to 15 million workers may lose public health coverage by 2027. Many of them are already on your payroll. Here’s what HR leaders need to know about the Medicaid cuts, who in your workforce is most at risk, and what your employee wellness program must cover before the January 2027 deadline. Up to 15 million workers may lose Medicaid by 2027. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act represents the largest rollback of federal health coverage in U.S. history. As public coverage contracts, employee wellness programs are becoming the primary health support system for a larger share of the American workforce. Here’s what that means for HR leaders right now. What Just Changed and When The OBBBA made sweeping changes to both Medicaid and the ACA marketplace. The combined effect is a historic reduction in publicly funded health coverage, with a hard implementation deadline of January 1, 2027. The CBO estimates 10.5 million people will lose Medicaid directly. Johns Hopkins researchers put the total at up to 15 million by 2034, including ACA marketplace losses. Federal Medicaid spending will be cut by approximately $911 billion over 10 years, according to KFF and CBO analysis. Three provisions are driving most of the coverage loss: Work requirements kick in January 1, 2027. Medicaid expansion enrollees ages 19-64 must verify 80 hours per month of work, community service,

77% of employees have experienced burnout, yet most employers are still relying on a tool that reaches fewer than 5% of their workforce. This guide explains why EAPs fail structurally, what mental fitness programs actually do differently, and how behavior-based approaches return $4 for every $1 invested according to the WHO.

Remote and hybrid teams face wellness challenges that in-office programs weren’t built for. Here are 12 ideas that work across time zones, schedules, and budgets.