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Are Level Funded Health Plans Your New Benefits Alternative?

PeopleStrategy

HR departments are charged not only with finding employees comprehensive and affordable benefits including health insurance coverage, but also watching their part of the overall company bottom line. With rising healthcare costs, it can be challenging to find a solution that meets the needs of your business and your employees.

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Want to Save on Insurance? Be a Smarter Healthcare Consumer

Stratus.HR

It’s no secret that healthcare costs have increased year after year for decades now. But what you may not know is major cost increases aren’t solely attributed to long-term illnesses; you can minimize costs by being a smarter healthcare consumer. Controlling Healthcare Costs Starts with You. Urgent Care vs Emergency Room (ER).

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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. An Explanation of Benefits (EOB) from your insurance carrier or healthcare provider gets it resolved in no time.

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Benefits Advocate: The Secret to Healthcare Literacy and Cost Control

Corporate Synergies

A benefits advocate who delivers the how and why of plan use when employees are asking for assistance helps the employer control health insurance costs. Elevating employee healthcare literacy can ward off potential issues, but the process should begin at the point when plan participants need help: when they call a benefits advocate for help.

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Texas Court Stresses Comp Carrier is Entitled to Full “First Money” in Worker’s Third-Party Tort Settlement

The Workcomp Writer

Stevenson countered that the trial court should limit Texas Mutual’s recovery to $27,519, before deductions for attorney’s fees and expenses to Stephenson’s counsel. Insurance Co. Texas Mutual filed a petition in intervention to recover its subrogation lien. Subrogation Hearing. Appellate Court’s Opinion. 3d 650, 651 (Tex.

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Creating the “Urgent Care First” Mindset for Employee Benefits

Corporate Synergies

Adopting an urgent care first mentality can help employees and employers control healthcare costs. Urgent care centers are popping up everywhere, which means getting quick healthcare is easier and more convenient for patients. 4 Healthcare Dive , “Study shows impact of urgent care centers on nonemergent ED usage”. As Seen In.

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4 Health Insurance Options For Small Business Owners

Genesis HR Solutions

In the small group market: Rates are regulated Plans typically require 70% or more employee participation Plan options may be limited Carriers have contribution requirements. Either way, your small business has access to certain products, which usually don’t include many of the more robust insurance plans offered to larger companies.