May 28, 2020

Returning to the Workplace Amid COVID-19: Potential Issues and Practical Guidance

Today, many employers are having candid conversations on how to best care for their employees from a benefits perspective while also keeping their company financially stable. At Innovo, our mission is to help benefits professionals make informed decisions – every day, and during these trying times.
April 3, 2020

Furloughs and Healthcare Benefits: What Employers Need to Know

Today, many employers are having candid conversations on how to best care for their employees from a benefits perspective while also keeping their company financially stable. At Innovo, our mission is to help benefits professionals make informed decisions – every day, and during these trying times.
March 23, 2020

Families First Coronavirus Act & FMLA

Coronovirus has created a lot of confusion around emergency paid sick leave and paid FMLA. We hope this chart that Innovo created clarifies the complex set […]
March 9, 2020

Recap: Lobbying Healthcare Reform on Capitol Hill

In an area as complex as healthcare, we feel that there will always be room to improve efficiency and affordability. Reducing complexity and cost is our mission at Innovo, and a key reason I joined the Massachusetts chapter of the National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU) and serve on its board.
January 9, 2020

Eric Gulko Quoted on Dental Enrollment (BBJ)

As companies struggle with high healthcare premium costs and worry about their employees’ ability to afford healthcare in retirement, they’re encouraging the adoption of HSAs among their workforces. Some are making high-deductible health plans the only health insurance option and enticing employees with HSA contributions and even matches.
December 9, 2019

Changing Lives with Bridge Over Troubled Waters

When launching Innovo Benefits Group in 2016, we had the opportunity to build an organization that could help our clients, employees and community in new and unique ways. We’ve been able to do that by putting our values first and adhering to a triple bottom line accounting framework where we balance financial responsibility with social and environmental aims. This approach led to our involvement with Bridge Over Troubled Waters, an innovative, local aid group that serves homeless, runaway and at-risk youth in our community.
November 12, 2019

Eric Gulko Quoted on Open Enrollment (USNWR)

As companies struggle with high healthcare premium costs and worry about their employees’ ability to afford healthcare in retirement, they’re encouraging the adoption of HSAs among their workforces. Some are making high-deductible health plans the only health insurance option and enticing employees with HSA contributions and even matches.
October 3, 2019

Eric Gulko Quoted on HSA Enrollment (EBN)

President and Founder of Innovo Benefit Group, Eric Gulko, was recently interviewed by Employee Benefit News (EBN) regarding the recent uptick in health saving account (HSA) enrollment, as offered through the increasingly-adopted high-deductible health plan (HDHP) model.
May 7, 2019

Are Bonuses Affecting Your Benefit Broker’s Objectivity?

Broker bonuses have been in the news recently, with ProPublica and NPR raising questions about their effect on a broker’s ability to offer impartial client guidance.
February 28, 2019

HDHP: A Plan for Care Avoidance?

As an employer looking to reduce healthcare costs while meeting employee needs, you’ve likely either considered a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) or are currently offering one.