As long as the temperatures stay high, so does the likelihood that you’re going to suffer a crippling in-office migraine.
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Tags: Headaches, Migraines, Office pressure, Weekly forecast
For most employers, increasing healthcare costs are too much to shoulder and, as a result, they’re passing more of the burden onto their employees.
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Tags: Aon Consulting study, Co-insurance, Co-pays, Deductibles, Healthcare cost increases, healthcare costs, Healthcare premiums, Out-of-pocket limits
The clock is ticking. There’s only a few weeks left to prepare for some key provisions of the healthcare reform law.
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Tags: Dependent children, Grandfathered health plans, Healthcare reform law, Lifetime limits, Pre-existing condition, Reform provisions, September 23
Your HR/Benefits department is going to have to take certain steps to comply with these new rules.
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Tags: Department of Labor, DOL, DOL Fact Sheet, Express milk, HR/Benefits, Nursing breaks, Nursing mothers rules, Undue hardship
Many employers are penalizing workers for unhealthy behaviors. But this company is going even further.
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Tags: Flight attendants, Haberturk, Turkish Airlines, Unhealthy behaviors, Unpaid leave, Weight
Heads up. You’ll probably want to have HR and Benefits review your health plan’s medical claims review process.
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Tags: ERISA-covered plans, Grandfathered plans, Health claims, Insurers, Interim final regulations, Medical claims, Obama, Obama Administration, Reform law
Fact: Benefits are surpassing salaries as the most important perk to employees. But did these companies step out of line to enforce their benefits policies?
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Tags: Benefits, Benefits policies, COBRA notice, Documentation, Flex spending, Flex spending accounts, FMLA leave, Health insurance, IRS, Judge, Perk
With the reform law extending the age to which dependents must be offered health coverage, it’s more important than ever to be sure your plan only covers “truly eligible” dependents.
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Tags: Aon Consulting, Dependent care audits, Dependents, Eligibility guidelines, healthcare costs, Reform law
Employers that worry about the health of their workforce should be happy this woman isn’t on their health plan.
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Tags: Book offer, Donna Simpson, Guinness World Records, Howard Stern, Milestone weight, New Jersey, Quest, Type 2 diabetes, Very healthy
If you’re on the fence about offering biometric screening for your workers, these findings may help tip the scales.
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Tags: Biometric screenings, Body mass index, Buck Consultants, Cholesterol levels, Heath costs, High blood pressure, Hospitalization, Insurance claims, Towers Watson
When employees move it, they’re healthier and more productive. Employers then start to lose the burden of ever-increasing healthcare costs. Download the Virgin HealthMiles White paper, “Moving Toward Health” to better understand physical activity’s impact on employee health and associated medical and productivity costs.
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