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When Should Small Businesses Start Offering Paid Sick Leave to Their Workers?
If your state legally requires small businesses to provide paid sick leave, then you are required to offer it to your employees. However, even if you aren’t required to do so, there are times when it makes sense to have paid leave as a benefit. Paid sick leave is...
When Should Small Businesses Start Offering Paid Sick Leave to Their Workers?
If your state legally requires small businesses to provide paid sick leave, then you are required to offer it to your employees. However, even if you aren’t required to do so, there are times when it makes sense to have paid leave as a benefit. Paid sick leave is...
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HR Compliance Update | December 3, 2024
FEDERAL UPDATES Federal Contractors (Construction): OFCCP just announced that it is reinstating the CC-257 Monthly Employment Utilization Report for businesses with a federal construction contract, subcontract, and/or federally assisted construction contract or...
Workplace Wellness: How You Can Minimize the Costs of Employee Illness
Learn the most expensive medical conditions impacting your company’s healthcare plan — and bottom line According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), sick employees cost U.S. employers billions of dollars each year. Illnesses range from colds, flu,...
Can I ask an employee if she’s pregnant?
We recommend you not ask an employee if she’s pregnant. Generally, employers may not inquire about an employee's private health information unless an employee has requested an accommodation or leave. It’s understandable that you will need to plan for her absence;...
Reimbursement, Quality Scores & Risk Adjustment Improve HCC Practices
Reimbursement, Quality Scores & Risk Adjustment Improve HCC PracticesHierarchical condition categories (HCCs) reveal the severity, complexity and interaction of member conditions. They are used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to adjust risk...
Advanced Bill Allowing Veterans to See More Private Health Providers
Advanced Bill Allowing Veterans to See More Private Health ProvidersA US House of Representatives panel has advanced legislation to allows more veterans to see doctors outside the Veterans Affairs system. The bill, the VA MISSION Act, passed the House Veterans Affairs...
Kicking Grunt Work to the Curb
How AI will transform the workplace Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology has grown exponentially over the last decade as data volumes increase and computing power and storage continues to improve.According to SAS, “AI makes it possible for machines to learn from...
Four Payroll Challenges Facing Global Businesses
Global payroll management simplifies a very complex process Over the last three decades, trade has become increasingly international. In the search for new streams of revenue, more companies seek to expand their global footprint. In the past, only large Fortune 500...
Simplified Health Policies Cheaper but Riskier Than ACA Plans
Simplified Health Policies Cheaper but Riskier Than ACA PlansInsurance agents say individuals are buying indemnity plans instead of ACA coverage, which has become far more costlySales are growing for a type of limited health policy offering a cheaper alternative to...
Legal Landscape May Be Shifting in the Gig Economy
As the number of so-called "gig" employees continues to grow, outpacing growth in the rest of the workforce by as much as three times, according to some estimates, a number of states are taking up legislative efforts to define who meets the definition of a gig...
Healthcare Deals – Reshaping the Landscape
Healthcare Deals – Reshaping the LandscapeThe health-care industry is in the throes of a major shake-up and is creating a situation in which companies face a greater risk by standing pat than possibly overpaying for an acquisition.Amazon.com Inc., Berkshire Hathaway...
HHS Press Office – Health Care Fraud Update
HHS Press Office – Health Care Fraud UpdateHealth and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Attorney General Jeff Sessions today released a fiscal year (FY) 2017 Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program report showing that for every dollar the federal government...
ACA Rate Change Season Upon Us
ACA Rate Change Season Upon UsState if VA Insurers Forecast Big Price Jumps – Other States In Same FixInitial filings from several insurers aiming to participate on the state’s ACA marketplace in 2019 show double-digit rate hikes.According to Documents Filed with...
HHS Releases Plans – Deregulation With Focus on Financial Risk … Non-ACA Plans
HHS Releases Plans – Deregulation With Focus on Financial Risk … Non-ACA PlansProviders, insurers and pharmacies can expect a major regulatory overhaul later this year.The administration’s spring 2018 unified agenda, released on Wednesday, offered a preview into...
Administration Unveils ‘American Patients First’ Plan on Drug Costs
Administration Unveils ‘American Patients First’ Plan on Drug CostsThe administration unveiled it’s policy plan to tackle the rising cost of drugs. The "American Patients First" blueprint builds on the administration’s 2019 budget proposal and calls for changes in...
The ACA Health Plan Draft Labor Rule Needs Rewrite
The ACA Health Plan Draft Labor Rule Needs RewriteThe administration has been looking for lifeboats for Americans trapped in old ACA exchanges. One project is to expand “association health plans,” on Association Health Plan (AHPs), that let employers team up to offer...
Why Healthcare Needs to Invest in Consumer Journeys
Why Healthcare Needs to Invest in Consumer JourneysFor healthcare organizations to improve their consumer experience, they need to emphatically understand their experience from start to finish. A proven way to do that is by mapping the consumer journey.As healthcare...
Affordable Health Care Gallup Poll Results
Affordable Health Care Gallup Poll ResultsHigher than in past surveys, fifty-five percent of Americans worry a “great deal” about affordable health care, according to a recent Gallup poll. With numerous problems facing the country, health care is most noted and...
How to Design a Modern, Comfortable Employee Lounge
Tips to pick an inspiring blend of color, texture, and furnishings Employers are looking for ways to create flexible office spaces that encourage productivity, foster social connections, and provide much-needed respite from the daily grind. Studies show that employees...
Why Offering Pet Insurance Attracts Millennial Talent
Competitive advantage or unnecessary cost? Capturing the attention and loyalty of Millennials can be challenging. One way to their hearts may be to embrace their pets. That’s why some companies are considering adding pet insurance to their voluntary benefits...
Health Care Price Controls Focus of New Bill
Health Care Price Controls Focus of New BillCalifornia’s government would set prices for hospital stays, doctor visits and other health care services under legislation introduced Monday (4-9-18), vastly remaking the industry in a bid to lower health care costs.The...
Waiver – Medicare Advantage Expands
Waiver – Medicare Advantage ExpandsRecently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a plan to expand products and services covered by Medicare Advantage plans.The department has revised its definition of “primarily health-related” benefits to...
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