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Among the most controversial requirements of health care reform is a preventive care provision that requires all insurers and nongrandfathered health plan sponsors to cover contraceptives without a deductible or copayment. Coverage includes all FDA-approved contraception methods, sterilization procedures, and patient education and counseling.

You may not be hearing it directly from your employees, but most are not happy with the customer service health plans provide. A new research report published by Temkin Group, a consulting firm, rates the customer experience of 206 large companies across 18 industries.

Employers Resource Association, an organization specializing in HR consulting, news and information, released its list of top 10 questions received by its HR Hotline, which receives more than 8,000 calls each year. "Demands on HR professionals have increased dramatically since the recession began and our members continue to be challenged to handle more tasks and issues with fewer resources," says Dan Chaney, SPHR, director HR advisory services for ERA. "The common questions we receive center around hiring and firing, leave management, access to personnel records, drug testing, immigration rules and classifying independent contractors." (Images: Thinkstock)

Would hospitals and health care providers really do a better job if they were paid based on outcomes? A recent push from the federal government and the business community alludes that pay for performance initiatives is an effective health care strategy, but a new study out shows that based on actual outcomes, it is not.

If you’ve experienced a lull in hiring over the past few years, a new survey from Buinsess Roundtable shows that CEOs are poised to start hiring again. Get ready to send out those job calls.

Diversity training, doing good in the communities in which it operates and encouraging employees to dream big dreams are the three pillars of Darden Restaurants’ human resources’ strategy, Clarence Otis, company chairman and CEO, told attendees at the Great Place to Work conference in Atlanta.

We're glad it's over, but EBN's staff truly enjoyed bringing you coverage of the Supreme Court PPACA hearings from our own D.C. backyard, right alongside the national network media. In case you missed anything, here’s a brief wrap-up/rundown of our news and analysis.

On Monday, the Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments addressing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Day one of the oral arguments focused on the application of the “Anti-Injunction Act,” which could prohibit the Supreme Court from ruling on the constitutionality of PPACA (if it is considered a tax law) because the penalties would not become applicable until 2015. Although both parties agree that the Supreme Court’s review should not be barred by the…

Among the best practices that emerged at a Novarica Insurance Technology 2012 Research Council meeting of 50-plus insurance executives were ways to manage the increased demand to support a Bring Your Own Device policy and turn it to the insurers' advantage.

Protesters packed up signs and TV talkers put away their microphones Wednesday night, the beginning of the long wait till the Supreme Court decides the fate of the Affordable Care Act.