Compensation
Compensation
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Altered by the ACA, limited medical plans may actually increase in popularity for some workers.
September 6 -
The highest-priced hospitals in 13 cities studied are typically paid 60% more for inpatient services and almost double for outpatient care than the lowest-priced hospitals in the same communities.
September 5 -
Topping the list again this year is the Wendys Company, which offers a combination of up to $25,300 in adoption assistance and up to six weeks of paid adoption leave.
September 5 -
A 25-year-old New Yorker earning $25,000 a year will pay as little as $62 a month for health insurance next year, and a peer living in Vermont may pay nothing, according to a 17-state survey of premiums under the U.S. health care overhaul.
September 5 -
A recent delay on out-of-pocket spending could be complicated for those who think they have a single-vendor system, should their health care provider and pharmacy be considered separate internally.
September 4 -
Just 38% of parents said theyre extremely comfortable talking about insurance, while 55% are fine discussing the intoxicants, according to a survey released today by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
September 4 -
Concerns about finances, fears of unexpected death and more make this ethnic group a potential target for advisers.
September 4 -
Why it could affect their plan participants.
September 4 -
Definition of reasonable is a central focus of IRS audits.
September 4 -
Guest blogger Linda K. Riddell warns employers not to be wowed by vendors' "whiz-bang" options and the quantity of their reporting.
September 3 -
A recent delay on out-of-pocket spending could be complicated for those who think they have a single-vendor system, should their health care provider and pharmacy be considered separate internally.
September 3 -
The U.S. Department of Labor has provided guidance on Family and Medical Leave Act protections for same-sex couples. The guidance follows the U.S. Supreme Courts decision to strike down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, which fundamentally changed how the federal government treats same-sex marriages.
August 30 -
Despite the modest increase rising health care costs remain a serious concern for U.S. employers, said Helen Darling, the groups president and CEO.
August 29 -
The number of Fortune 500 companies offering health care benefits to same-sex partners has surged in a decade, to about 62% last year from 34% in 2002, according to the Washington-based Human Rights Campaign.
August 28 -
More than a third of survey respondents plan to make a change to their HR structure before the end of 2014. Towers Watson says that among those organizations planning change, 74% say its to improve operational efficiencies.
August 28 -
A new poll shows a large gap between the amount of life insurance necessary and what consumers think they have.
August 28 -
The bill passed Monday would require pharmacies to notify doctors and sometimes patients when a cheaper biosimilar drug is substituted for a brand-name medicine. It also would forbid a pharmacist from substituting the biosimilar drug if the physician says no.
August 27 -
Only 9% of companies, meanwhile, indicate they are very prepared to implement required changes to their business based on the health care reform law at this time.
August 27 -
Three behaviors stand in the way of positive outcomes.
August 27 -
We talk with our 2013 winner about global benefits administration and what makes the HR calling so special.
August 26