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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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Baby Health Insurance Playbook: 5 Steps to Plan for a Newborn

Corporate Synergies

The same can be said for insuring a new dependent. To plan for newborn healthcare benefits, parents need a baby health insurance playbook. Employees are increasingly responsible for making important decisions about their healthcare and carrying the financial burden. Give Us On-demand Healthcare.

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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.

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4 Necessary Steps to a Successful Long-term Benefits Strategy

Corporate Synergies

I have seen many organizations implement new tactics, such as a health savings account (HSA). Self funding also provides more plan design flexibility and eliminates the internal costs that an insurance carrier builds into a plan for profit. Regionality of Employee Benefits: 4 Factors for Equal Healthcare.

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

Genesis HR Solutions

One of only two health plans in the country to earn top marks for its Medicare Advantage plan and Medicare Part D plan from U.S. It’s high-quality healthcare you—and your employees—can afford. options—including access to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts health coverage—at a better price point. Health Savings Account.