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Four High Deductible Health Plan Mistakes to Avoid

InterWest Insurance Services

With more than half of all private sector employees enrolled in high-deductible health plans , it’s important that employers have in place certain protocols to ensure that they are a success. That’s why training is essential to ensure that your employees understand how these plans work and how to get the most out of them.

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Four Ways to Ensure Your Group HDHP Will Fail

InterWest Insurance Services

With more than half of all private sector employees enrolled in high-deductible health plans , it’s important that employers have in place certain protocols to ensure that they are a success. That’s why training is essential to ensure that your employees understand how these plans work and how to get the most out of them.

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Executive benefit reimbursement plans

Higginbotham

These expenses include life insurance premiums, income protection premiums, childcare, marijuana or other controlled substances that are illegal under federal law, cosmetic surgery, funeral expenses, maternity clothing, nutritional supplements, household help and personal items such as toothbrushes, among other things.

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Voluntary Benefits Improve Employee Satisfaction and Retention

InterWest Insurance Services

The employer deducts any fees or premiums for these benefits from employee paychecks and forwards them in a single batch to the benefit vendors. cancer insurance) Pet insurance. Roll them out a few at a time, starting with life insurance, dental/vision and/or disability insurance.