Insperity

MARCH 29, 2022

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. The challenge for employers.

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GRA Benefits Group

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

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. Better-informed employers that help workers shop for value. Public pressure on high-cost providers.

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Corporate Synergies

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Employers can help make the process a little easier with the right communication tools. In addition to these benefits, employees may also want to consider a hospital indemnity plan, which provides a cash payment for every day of hospitalization. After a baby is born, they’re not automatically added to health insurance.

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Workers' Compensation

JANUARY 5, 2022

A recent study provides a potential opportunity for employers and insurance companies to reduce their risk exposure through early sequencing and treatment proactively. There is currently a national shortage of rapid tests, long lines at state-established testing sites, and a soaring rate of hospitalizations.

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Florida Workers' Comp

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

People have lost jobs, closed businesses, been hospitalized, and even passed away. NBC reports on a New York man who faces multiple counts of misrepresentation for "submitting multiple fake positive Covid-19 tests" to his employer. Based upon those submissions, it is alleged that "the carrier continued to pay benefits" over many weeks.

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Business Management Daily

MAY 5, 2021

To date, about 10,000 employer-focused lawsuits have been filed — with more coming every day. While many of these cases are still pending, each lawsuit offers important lessons for employers who want to avoid being the next target. Fortunately for employers, workers’ comp claims are the exclusive remedy for workers.

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Business Management Daily

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

These include payment of medical treatments such as surgery and hospital bills plus wage replacement for those who cannot work. When the injury isn’t permanent and the employee is expected to resume work, employers need to set parameters for returning. Some carriers prefer an almost indefinite light-duty placement.

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Corporate Synergies

JULY 22, 2019

Adopting an urgent care first mentality can help employees and employers control healthcare costs. But these centers could also help employers minimize expensive emergency room (ER) claims. The cost to the employer (and often the employee) is often far less than the ER. As Seen In. Urgent care can be good medicine.

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Vantage Circle

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

There's a science to selecting benefits that effectively balance employer budgets and employee priorities. – SHRM So, what’s the benefit to employers from such surveys? Employers also get to optimize limited budgets to drive engagement, productivity, and retention. And what’s the benefit to employees?

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Insperity

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

It is important for the manager or supervisor to provide, as soon as possible, complete and accurate information about the accident or injury (including the initial report from the doctor) to those persons inside the organization who are responsible for reporting to the insurance carrier. Hospital/medical bill review.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

APRIL 23, 2020

Operational challenges and risks Like other employers, workers’ compensation insurers and regulators face significant operational challenges during this crisis including: Who is essential to keep us operating? If so, should employers request or demand tests of their employees? Should work be assigned on the basis of immunity?

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