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Want to Save on Insurance? Be a Smarter Healthcare Consumer

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Most health insurance plans outside of a Health Savings Account (HSA) have a list of copays for healthcare expenses. To minimize your health plan’s renewal increase, think twice about how you’re spending the insurance company’s money with the following healthcare options.

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

Corporate Synergies

A new father outlines requirements with his Baby Health Insurance Playbook. The same can be said for insuring a new dependent. To plan for newborn healthcare benefits, parents need a baby health insurance playbook. The Baby Health Insurance Playbook isn’t really a book. As Seen In.

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IRS HDHP-HSA Plans May Cover Coronavirus Costs as Preventive Care

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{"ops":[{"insert":"Today, in "},{"attributes":{"link":"[link] Notice 2020-15"},{"insert":", the Internal Revenue Service advised that HDHPs (High-Deductible Health Plans) can pay for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)-related testing and treatment, without jeopardizing their status.

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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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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. Identify the levers and how far you want to pull them.

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Creating the “Urgent Care First” Mindset for Employee Benefits

Corporate Synergies

From 2009 to 2016 (the most recent data available), the average amount that hospitals billed insurance carriers for an emergency room visit more than doubled, from $600 to $1,322. The cost to the employer (and often the employee) is often far less than the ER. The high cost of ER care is enough to make anyone run a high temp.