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Best practices to avoid receipt requests

Benefit Resource Inc.

Confirm enrollment in a health plan To receive automatic approval for co-pays, certain co-insurance, and deductible expenses, make sure your employer has reported you as enrolled in the company health plan. Co-pays for office visits, specialists, and hospital stays are typically approved automatically.

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Creating the “Urgent Care First” Mindset for Employee Benefits

Corporate Synergies

From 2009 to 2016 (the most recent data available), the average amount that hospitals billed insurance carriers for an emergency room visit more than doubled, from $600 to $1,322. The cost to the employer (and often the employee) is often far less than the ER. The high cost of ER care is enough to make anyone run a high temp.

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Medical Payments: Not Based on Fault but Limited in Scope

AssuredPartners

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How to lower employee stress about health insurance

Insperity

A recent Business News Daily article underscores the importance of educating employees about their health insurance benefits. Not having a clear understanding of what their health insurance plan covers until they find themselves at the doctor’s office or hospital isn’t ideal. Make information available 24/7.

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How Your Employees Can Get Free COVID Test Kits

InterWest Insurance Services

Under an executive order issued by President Biden, employees in a group health plan are eligible to receive COVID-19 at-home test kits with no cost-sharing, copay, coinsurance or deductible. Additionally, most health plans are also covering tests performed at hospitals, clinics and pharmacies. On-site tests.

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Why Transparency Has Become a Trending Topic for Benefit Agencies

GRA Benefits Group

Though deductibles and out-of-pocket limits are more defined, what is covered, and how much is often impossible to predict. Advocates have arrived in the form of third-party vendors, apps, and even insurance carriers. Health insurance carriers are actively placing a stronger emphasis on cost transparency as a result.