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Why your integrated HRA shouldn't be tied to one carrier

PeopleKeep

For many employers offering a group health insurance plan, adding a supplemental benefit in addition to the group plan can help offset your employees’ out-of-pocket costs. One way to supplement your group health insurance plan is through an integrated HRA, also known as a group coverage HRA (GCHRA).

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6 tips to help employees manage out-of-pocket expenses

Benefit Resource Inc.

Employees have a better chance of managing out-of-pocket spending when they understand how their out of pocket expenses can be reduced and what type of savings will come along with that. To help you get started, here are 6 tips to help employees manage their out-of-pocket expenses.

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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. Patient financial responsibility is on the rise—average out-of-pocket costs rose 11% in 2017 alone.

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Understanding Actual Cash Value vs Replacement Cost

AssuredPartners

Actual Cash Value (ACV) is when your insurance company only pays for what your property is worth at the time that you file a claim. It is the cost that you paid for the item minus any depreciation. A Replacement Cost Value policy would only have you paying $1,000 out-of-pocket for the deductible and give you a $14,000 reimbursement.

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New Transparency Requirements for Health Plans

AssuredPartners

This rule, entitled Transparency in Coverage, requires group health insurance carriers and self-insured plans to disclose rates and cost-sharing information for all covered items and services. Insurance cards must include in-network and out-of-network deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums.

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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. Rather than reaching out to an insurance carrier first, whose issue resolution success is measured based on the call time, employees contact their benefits advocate.

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How Health Care Reform Helps People and Small Businesses Pay for Coverage

Insperity

Buying health insurance can be a costly endeavor. Most Americans must have health insurance or face a tax penalty. Purchase coverage through a state or federal health insurance marketplace. A silver plan covers, on average, 70 percent of the cost of essential health benefits provided under the plan.). Copayments.