Notes from our expert team.

Meet Maddie Meyers, People Operations Generalist at Nava. In her role, she helps make Nava an incredible place to work; A place where all employees feel safe, understood, and empowered, from the hiring process and throughout the full entire Nava experience. Read on to learn more about Maddie’s career (both in People Ops and as an actor), the mantra that keeps her going, and her favorite thing about working at Nava.

Meet Alex Cozort, Field Marketing Manager at Nava. In her role she partners with our sales and revenue teams to produce high-quality marketing campaigns and sales enablement initiatives that seek to empower and celebrate HR leaders. Read on to learn more about Alex’s career pre-Nava, how she’s turned asking questions into growth opportunities, and her favorite part about working from home.

In 2022, HR leaders are navigating a whole new work environment marked by constant curveballs. Between the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Great Resignation, and rising healthcare costs, employee expectations are shifting — and employers may need to make some changes to keep up. Our Nava Benefits Advisory Board weighs in with reflections, predictions, and plans to guide HR leaders through the coming year.

As a young company, we expected 2021 to be a big year for us. But we didn't quite expect this.

Creativity comes second nature to Lori McAdams. Throughout her decades-long HR career at innovative companies like Pixar, she's followed her ingenuity to push the envelope on benefits. The result? She's built offerings to support employees from all walks of life, both on and off the clock. As a member of the Nava Benefits Advisory Board, Lori is ready to help HR leaders harness and cultivate their creativity in benefits and beyond. Read on to learn more about Lori, her vision for the future of benefits, and her thoughts on the importance of embracing failures.

This legislation is creating a new standard for transparency in the benefits brokerage industry. Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA), benefits brokers are now required to share key information with their clients, including the details of their compensation and services. HR leaders and employers, here’s your guide to talking about the CAA with your healthcare broker.

As employers continue to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, Nava Benefits’ Chief Medical Advisor and health policy expert Dr. Marty Makary weighs in on the state of the pandemic and its impacts on the workplace as of November 2021 — from the expected trajectory of case rates, to the effectiveness of vaccine boosters, to how to stay safe during holiday gatherings.

As millions of Americans make career shifts as part of the Great Resignation, employees across industries are looking for more meaningful support from their employers. DocuSign’s Ellen Meza offers expert guidance on how HR leaders can improve their benefits offering for employee retention.

On Friday, November 5, Nava Benefits hosted our inaugural Mental Wellness Day. Across the organization, Navanauts set their out of office emails, logged off, and settled in (or got out) for a well-deserved day of R&R. Here's how some Navanauts spent their day off, as well as some tips on how your company can launch their own Mental Wellness Day.

As healthcare costs continue to skyrocket, prescription drugs are a significant driver of those increases. Savvy employers are now turning to Rx management to unlock cost savings. Caterpillar Inc.’s Todd Bisping shares his expert tips to negotiating fair pharmaceutical drug prices with your employer’s Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM).

Your business deserves a benefits funding strategy to fit your unique goals and needs. Using this infographic, employers can weigh their business goals and employee health needs, and find a recommendation for a new healthcare funding strategy: level funding, gap funding, fully insured, and self insured.

We tapped our Nava Healthcare & Benefits Advisory Board for their insider info on how their companies are ramping up to adhere to OSHA's Covid vaccine mandates, and scaled their advice for small to midsize businesses.