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Domestic Partner Benefits

03/18/19

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..

Top 10 COBRA Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

03/14/19

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..

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

02/28/19

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. ..

What is Telemedicine?

02/20/19

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..

Prescription Drug Trends

02/08/19

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..

Fertility Benefits

02/05/19

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..

It’s That Time of Year Again for ACA Reporting

02/01/19

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..

Mental Health In The Workplace

01/25/19

Mental Health and the Workplace More than 1 in 5 Americans have diagnosable mental disorders at some point in their lives, yet only about half of those individuals receive professional mental health treatment. One major determinant of an individual’s..

5 Tips For Maximizing Your HSA

01/21/19

5 Tips For Maximizing Your HSA Health savings accounts (HSAs) are a great tool for helping manage your out-of-pocket health care expenses. Follow these five strategies below to make sure you are getting the most out of your HSA..

How the Government Shutdown is Affecting Employers

01/18/19

How the Government Shutdown Is Affecting Employers The current partial government shutdown—which has been in effect since Dec. 22, 2018—is the longest shutdown in U.S. history. Unlike past shutdowns, the government is not completely closed. However, due to the prolonged..