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Status of collectively bargained benefits: Multiemployer health and welfare fund statistics
This report analyzes the financial disclosures of Taft-Hartley health and welfare plans nationwide.
High-deductible health plans promote increased wellness program participation
The growing use of HDHPs and CDHPs is further pushing employee engagement in making better healthcare decisions, with an additional increase in wellness program awareness and participation.
5 reasons employers should consider funding supplemental health benefits
With health insurance deductibles outpacing household income for the past 25 years, supplemental health benefits are gaining more attention.
Self-funded Health Benefits for Large Construction Contractors
Providing self-funded health benefits to a hourly and geographically dispersed workforce requires a unique approach that integrates enrollment, ongoing eligibility management, premium collection and compliance. Self-funding has many positives, such as reducing...
What is Level Funding? Is it Right for Your Business?
Level Funding is creating major buzz in the small group health insurance world. You may have even heard claims that these plans allow you to cut your health insurance premiums in half.
Manager of Health & Welfare Benefits job with Impact Personnel
Our client is experiencing tremendous growth and is adding to staff. Benefits Manager will handle medical, dental, prescriptions, life insurance, s...
How Your Employer Can Help You Save for Emergencies
Everyone needs a rainy-day fund " your financial health depends on it. Your employer could help you build one. Many companies offer 401(k)s and other
Employee health & welfare benefits: Compliance issues to keep on your radar
Many of the more common compliance mistakes can be avoided through careful planning and raising HR awareness.
How to Proactively Manage Self-Funded Employer Health Plans
As more patients join self-funded plans, hospitals face new challenges regarding billing and collection.
Workplace Wellness Plays Big Role as Employers Consider Self-Funded Health Plans
Employers necessarily keep a close eye on their health insurance costs. And with companies desiring more control over costs and transparency in cost
Five things every employer should know about HRAs and HSAs
You may or may not be familiar with health savings accounts (HSAs) and health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs). And although they sound similar and both allow for tax-free reimbursement of qualifi…
EEOC issues sample of wellness notice you must provide, answers questions
If you’ve got a wellness program that asks questions about employees’ health, you need to see this.
Power to the People: Can We Privatize the Welfare State?
The primary reason for the growth of big government in the twentieth century was social insurance. The idea behind Social Security, for example, is insurance against the risk of growing old and not being able to support yourself after you can no longer work. Medicare is insurance against reaching a point in life where you can no longer afford health insurance. Unemployment insurance protects you a
7 Steps to Introducing a Wellness Program
Employees’ health has both a direct and indirect impact on an employer’s bottom line, and to battle these costs, more employers are focusing on wellness programs.
Looking ahead: The future of behavioral health
Employers must take a holistic approach to employee benefits plans, integrating robust physical, emotional and behavioral offerings.
Does My Retirement Plan or Health Plan Need Audited?
Many businesses may be asking themselves this question. According to the Department of Labor (DOL) there are some general rules regarding the auditing of retirement/health plans. First, one has to…
Welfare changes drive rising poverty and food bank use, study finds
Research says evidence ‘clear’ policies such as universal credit can cause destitution
When It Comes to Health-Care Reform, the IRS Rules
The Internal Revenue Service will play an important role in how health-care reform is managed, even deciding who will have to buy coverage.
How Small-Business Owners Can Win the Health Insurance Game
You have more options for employee coverage than you think.
