Health care and coverage come with unfamiliar terms. This glossary is a simple, friendly guide to help explain the ones you’ll see most often. Understanding them can help you make more confident choices about your benefits and better navigate your coverage.
If it feels like everything is getting more expensive right now, you’re not alone — and you’re not wrong. Families and congregations are navigating rising costs across the board, from groceries to housing to gas prices that have climbed in recent months.
Health care is deeply personal, but it’s also shared. In group health plans like the ELCA Health Plan, everyday health care choices directly affect individual well-being — and they can also help keep benefits sustainable for the whole community.
Portico Benefit Services has named David Dardano as Head of People and Culture. In this role, Dardano will lead the organization’s human resources (HR) strategy.
Living Lutheran article, featuring Portico:
When summer arrives, we tend to think things will begin to slow down – but in reality, this season can feel just as busy.
CEO Chris Johnson and CTO Daron Meyer present at SAP Sapphire, a global conference focused on enterprise technology and innovation.
Jessica (Jess) Helland, MBA, CPA, has been appointed Deputy Chief Financial Officer at Portico Benefit Services, effective May 11.
Living Lutheran article, featuring Portico:
In a church that proclaims God’s care for people’s bodies, minds, and spirits, tending to mental health is not separate from faith — it is part of how we live it out.
This Living Lutheran article, featuring Portico, reflects how everyday financial habits and thoughtful planning can support long-term personal financial stewardship and well-being in times of uncertainty.
In recent weeks and months, immigration enforcement activity has generated significant fear and disruption in many communities connected to the church.
Three Portico Benefit Services executives have been elected to the Church Benefits Association (CBA) Board of Directors.
The Rev. Yehiel Curry, presiding bishop of the ELCA, has been appointed as an advisory member of Portico’s board of trustees.
