Healthcare professionals have disability needs specific to their industry, especially given later retirement ages and potential to return to limited work. An experienced claims team that understands physician earnings, ensuring accurate benefit calculations during partial disabilities is key, and helps physicians to continue serving patients during recovery.
Health Advocacy & Care Navigation
June 28, 2024
Healthcare Professionals need the right contract provisions and an experienced claims team knowledgeable about how they work and how they are paid
June 06, 2024
2024 Sun Life Stop-Loss Research Report: High-cost claims and injectable drug trends analysis
For the past twelve years, Sun Life has shared our data and insights with the self-funded marketplace to help employers and brokers understand trends around the highest-cost claims. We are committed to providing you with actionable insights that can help you stay informed about conditions and medications most likely to result in a high-cost claim, and steps you can take to manage that risk as a self-funded employer.
October 17, 2023
Northwestern Medicine Webinar: The impact of Long COVID on the nervous system
As a leader in stop-loss coverage and supporting millions of members nationwide, Sun Life and PinnacleCare, a Sun Life company, have seen the impact of Long COVID on our clients over the last three years and unfortunately expect that to continue.
Join Dr. Miles Varn, Sun Life Chief Medical Officer and Head of PinnacleCare, as he welcomes prominent neurologist, Dr. Igor Koralnik of Northwestern Medicine to discuss the intricate relationship between COVID-19 and the human nervous system. Dr. Koralnik’s pioneering research in the field has shed light on the neurological complications of COVID-19 and provides meaningful insights into the management of these conditions.
September 20, 2023
2023 Updates on Leave and Accommodation laws
Watch as Marjory Robertson, AVP & Senior Counsel, Sun Life U.S. and Abigail O’Connell, Senior Counsel, recap the latest 2023 leave and accommodation-related compliance developments.
May 17, 2023
2023 High-cost claims and injectable drug trends analysis
For the past eleven years, Sun Life has shared our data and insights with the self-funded marketplace to help employers and brokers understand trends around the highest-cost claims.
April 06, 2023
Access to health: Will it be there when we need it?
A person's ability to access healthcare and coverage is a growing concern nationally.
February 16, 2023
Caring for our members means more than protecting their income
Sheila Sokolski, AVP, Product Management at Sun Life, shares how the behavioral health partnership with AbleTo has exceeded expectations in supporting and accommodating members by bringing care to members when they need it most, after being approved out on a disability claim for cancer.
February 08, 2023
2023 Future Forecast with Jennifer Collier and James Slotnick
What's top of mind for Sun Life leaders?
January 31, 2023
Breast Cancer and COVID: Impacts of diagnosis delays
With COVID-19 slowing down preventative/diagnostic screenings, the severity of diagnosed cancer could be impacted well into the future - and for conditions like breast cancer with nearly 300,000 women being diagnosed in the U.S. in 2022 alone, this could have a big impact.
September 29, 2022
Impacts of Blood Cancer: Blood Cancer was the #2 high-cost claims condition and nearly 10% of 2021 total spend within Sun Life’s Health & Risk Solutions book of business
Every three minutes, someone in the U.S. is diagnosed with blood cancer.
July 19, 2022
Empowering employees and employers with services to meet today’s healthcare challenges
"Our panel addresses the current healthcare and market challenges, the importance of making meaningful impacts to employee’s health and peace of mind.
May 19, 2022
Current healthcare challenges and impacts on the future of care
Leaders of oncology and orthopedics from Centers of Excellence on the growing challenges they are seeing first-hand.
October 31, 2021
Looking to improve Cardiac outcomes in Disability
Conversations around healthy cardiovascular health in your organization, which includes the mental wellness components, can even help prevent future incidents. Dr. Tracy Hamill talks about this and other findings from the Clinical Claims Lab focus: Cardiovascular care in this article.