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6 HR Trends to Monitor This Year

6 HR Trends to Monitor in 2019   A new year brings new issues for HR professionals to contend with. Some challenges are similar to previous years (overtime uncertainty), while others are more unique and complicated (legal marijuana and employment)...

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Domestic Partner Benefits

Domestic Partner Benefits Many employers provide health insurance coverage to the domestic partners of their employees. Domestic partner benefits generally include medical and dental insurance, but they may also include disability and life insurance, family and bereavement leave, education and..

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Top 10 COBRA Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Top 10 COBRA Mistakes and How to Avoid Them   The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) requires that employers provide former employees and dependents who lose group health benefits with an opportunity to continue group health insurance coverage for..

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A New Approach to Use-it-or-Lose-it

A New Approach to Use-it-or-Lose-it   A flexible spending account (FSA) is a beneficial tool for saving money on health care, since the account contains pretax dollars contributed each pay period to pay for qualified medical and dental expenses.  ..

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What is Telemedicine?

Telemedicine   As technology has developed, so has people’s ability to overcome the traditional communication barriers of time and distance. The practice of telemedicine is a step forward in the health care industry to use telecommunication to bridge the gap..

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Happy Heart Day

Happy Heart Day!   This probably isn’t the heart you were planning on celebrating today but we would like you to take a little more time and think about the one beating in your chest. Did you know February is..

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Prescription Drug Trends

Prescription Drug Trends As prescription drug costs continue to increase, it is important for employers to understand the trends behind prescription drug costs and what they can do to better manage their health care expenses.   In 2019, the United..

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Fertility Benefits

Fertility Benefits   Did you know both the World Health Organization and the American Medical Association (AMA) recognized infertility as a disease in 2017? This is expected to have a great impact on how insurers and employers treat infertility when..

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It’s That Time of Year Again for ACA Reporting

It’s That Time of Year Again for ACA Reporting The Affordable Care Act (ACA) created reporting rules under Code Sections 6055 and 6056 that require certain employers to provide information to the IRS about the health plan coverage they offer..

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