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Buyer’s guide to private medical insurance

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What is private medical insurance (PMI)? PMI is a type of insurance designed to cover medical expenses incurred during illness or injury, such as operations, consultations, diagnostic investigations and tests. PMI can help employees regain their health, and their earning power, quickly, to the benefit of both them and their employer.

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Claire Timmins: How can employers use healthcare benefits to ease the NHS backlog?

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More reactive health interventions include private medical insurance (PMI) and employee assistance programmes (EAPs), a service for employees to access help with personal or workplace issues that might be impacting their performance, wellbeing mental or physical health. appeared first on Employee Benefits.

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Susan Gee: Can employers’ healthcare benefits fill the gap between private and NHS services?

Employee Benefits

Employers can negotiate preferential rates with private healthcare providers, making private healthcare more affordable for employees. Offering a range of options, such as private medical insurance (PMI) plans or health savings accounts, can help employees manage the costs of private healthcare.

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Dr Jayne Moore: How can employers use healthcare benefits to ease the NHS backlog?

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For example, OH can signpost employees to additional medical and psychological services and, where available through the employer, facilitate access. Dr Jayne Moore is president of SOM (the Society of Occupational Medicine) The post Dr Jayne Moore: How can employers use healthcare benefits to ease the NHS backlog?

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Gary Stanton: Can employers’ healthcare benefits fill the gap between private and NHS services?

Employee Benefits

Unlike private medical insurance (PMI), premiums are not based on age and claims history, so it is a practical, cost-effective benefit for employers and employees. Gary Stanton is managing director of Atlas Security The post Gary Stanton: Can employers’ healthcare benefits fill the gap between private and NHS services?

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Understanding Recent Litigation on Medication Abortion: A Guide for Health Plan Sponsors

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Of course, group health coverage of abortion medication continues to be subject to the general considerations for health plan sponsors detailed in our guide, which can be downloaded here. Does the Supreme Court’s decision change the scope of group health plan coverage for mifepristone?

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A Lack of Healthcare Benefits is Causing Financial Toxicity

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A lack of healthcare benefits is causing financial toxicity for employees across the country. The truth is many employees need help navigating healthcare benefits to lower out of pocket expenses and avoid , “financial toxicity.”. I had no idea medication A I gave was so expensive. We get responses like, ‘Wow!