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4 Health Insurance Options For Small Business Owners

Genesis HR Solutions

As one of the most expensive aspects of running a small business, health insurance is top of mind for many employers. What is the best way to provide insurance? Should you provide insurance at all? Why Health Insurance For Small Businesses Matters. Health Insurance For Small Business Owners: 4 Options.

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How Your Employees Can Get Free COVID Test Kits

InterWest Insurance Services

With that in mind, you may want to disseminate information to them about how they can be reimbursed by their insurer for COVID-19 tests they purchase. In these cases, the employee will have to pay for the test upfront and then seek reimbursement from their health insurer. This applies to any tests they purchased on or after Jan.

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January HR News Worth Review

Higginbotham

of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Treasury issued FAQ guidance regarding the requirements for group health plans and health insurance issuers to cover over-the-counter (OTC) COVID-19 diagnostic tests. Employers with fully-insured plans should expect their insurance carrier to handle these requirements.

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Healthcare and Insurance Industry Consolidation: A Bitter Pill?

Corporate Synergies

So far, the trend toward retail pharmacy, PBM and health insurance industry consolidation doesn’t seem to benefit all stakeholders. Here’s why… Insurance industry consolidation is occurring at an unprecedented rate. Health insurance industry consolidation hasn’t been good for healthcare consumers or employers.

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Why you should offer Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts health care to your employees

Genesis HR Solutions

If you’ve been around small to midsize businesses for any amount of time over the last decade, you’ve no doubt seen or experienced the frustrations of navigating health insurance. And those players often come armed with health insurance options that small businesses like yours don’t have access to or can’t afford to offer on your own.

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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. Health events tend to be emotional for employees to navigate; it’s a situation that’s rife for potential errors in judgment. As Seen In. RELATED TOPICS.

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Health Care Reform Play or Pay Delay: Why You Shouldn’t Wait

Insperity

Businesses with fluctuating numbers of seasonal and part-time workers (such as restaurant chains and large retailers) are especially having problems calculating their numbers of workers and determining which employer group they fall into for Play or Pay purposes. The sooner you can secure health benefits, the better. The bottom line?